Company Overview
Afference is a hardware-enabled software company at the forefront of Spatial Computing, which involves the digitization and interaction with real-world spaces through digital devices. It is poised to transform how users interact with digital content. Current input methods, such as hand tracking technologies lack any tactile feedback, which is crucial for sensory perception involving vision, sound, and touch. Afference addresses this gap with their innovative haptic device, “The Phantom”. This glovelet device creates an artificial sensation of touch through neurostimulation. Unlike existing bulky and tethered haptic devices, The Phantom is non-invasive, supports hand tracking, has a longer battery life than the average headset, and is compatible with any device, providing a truly immersive and dexterous experience.
Thesis Fit
Spatial Computing plays an instrumental role in enhancing the way spatial data is processed and interacted with. Afference’s technology facilitates the efficient dissemination of sensory data, enhancing the capability of spatial computing platforms to deliver detailed and interactive spatial information. The realistic feedback provided by Afference’s Phantom can also be applied to industrial training programs. Trainees in fields such as space, aerospace, maintenance, assembly, and remote operations can all benefit from the enhanced feedback. The accelerated development of satellite connectivity is also expected to play a crucial role in the proliferation of Spatial Computing by linking networks of IoT and personal devices.
