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Jess Kinghorn

In-development vibrating VR glove wants you to be able to give your anime favorite all the head pats she could ever want

Sharp Corporation's haptic VR glove controller.

If there's anything my sordid past spent reporting on console games has taught me, it's that haptic feedback is pretty neat. Sharp Corporation appears to agree with me, announcing a glove-shaped solution for bringing similar tactile feedback to PC gaming and virtual reality.

Though not every PlayStation 5 game leverages the DualSense's haptic capabilities, the ones that do enjoy a whole new avenue of sense for worming inside my brain. After pausing for breath in Returnal, only to feel the pitter-patter of raindrops in my palm, and playing Astro Bot's five hour hand massage—free with every console—I do find myself missing this gameplay gimmick on PC.

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