Afference Inc. a spinoff company founded on technology created by HFI was awarded the Best of Innovation XR Technologies & Accessories award at the CES 2024 for The Phantom.
The Phantom enables the feeling of touch in the spatial computing age. The Phantom provides haptic feedback at finger level granularity by interfacing directly to the nervous system. The self-aligning rings provide a transparent interface which allows for seamless transitions between the digital and physical world. The wrist-worn electronics provide a mobile and wireless interface to any spatial computing headset, glasses, or mobile device. Afference was founded by world-leading neural engineers who are translating decades of research in neural interfaces into the spatial computing age."
