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I exclaimed while I felt every single pinch-to-click gesture on a computer thanks to the Afference ring.
Beyond the things I mentioned, one key element needed is tactility.
And thats what the Afference ring does using electrical currents.
How does the Afference ring work?
It comes down to neuroscience the team is made up of neuroscientists with decades of research experience after all.
You see, the way you feel things is actually quite fascinating.
The nerve cells in your skin sense touch and send electrical impulses up your spinal cord to the brain.
From here, your gray matter perceives the sensation and programs the physical response to it.
The Afference Ring kind of acts like a middle man to this.
For the demo, Afference partnered with another cool company that I found atCES 2025.
This meant I could move my hand around, touch different objects and actually feel them.
The next step in spatial computing
The first demo was simple popping bubbles.
There is no limit to what kind of touch sensations the Afference ring can produce.
Developers can add whatever they wish to enhance their apps.
Its kind of convenient givenSamsung did invest in Afference, but I wont read anymore into it than that.
Now, its just a case of seeing how this new kind of neural haptics takes off.
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