Afference raises $1.5M to develop wearable neural interface platform

Afference announced today that it has raised $1.5 million in funding to develop its new neural interface (or “artificial sensation”) platform, called Phantom. Konvoy led the round, and Afference plans to use the money to enhance the Phantom platform, which offers a new kind of haptic device for users to “feel” things in virtual reality environments.

The Phantom is a handheld wearable, wrapping around the user’s fingers and wrist. Rather than pressure, the Phantom uses electrical signals to communicate sensation on the skin to the user’s brain. It can be connected via Bluetooth to any Spatial Computing platform, including virtual and mixed reality devices.