Contact Control Interfaces Inactive USPTO patents

A method includes receiving first data from a game engine, the first data associated with a virtual interaction between a virtual hand and a virtual object in a virtual world, determining if the virtual object is interactable based on the first data, determining if the virtual hand is touching the virtual object in the virtual world based on the first data, and when it is determined that the virtual object is interactable and the virtual hand is touching the virtual object, outputting second data describing a relationship between the virtual hand and the virtual object based on the first data.

A haptic feedback device to be worn on top of a user's hand comprises a plurality of loops configured to be circumscribed around the user's fingers and thumb, a plurality of anchoring finger caps configured to be circumscribed around extremities of the user's fingers and thumb, at least one haptic actuator housed within each of the anchoring finger caps, and a plurality of tendons coupled to the loops and the anchoring finger caps, the tendons configured to extend along the user's fingers and thumb.