---
title: "Get the chance to touch virtual reality with just an armband"
description: "This Kickstarter project aims to elevate the VR experience by integrating the sense of touch."
date: "2015-09-25"
modified: "2015-09-25"
authors:
  - name: "Pat Medina"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/medinaptrcgmail-com"
url: "https://futurism.com/get-the-chance-to-touch-virtual-reality-with-just-an-armband"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
  - "Virtual Reality"
---

# Get the chance to touch virtual reality with just an armband

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/3051459-slide-s-1-this-unobstrusive-arm-band-lets-you-feel-virtual-reality.jpg>)

##### The Breakthrough

Japanese start-up H2L has created UnlimitedHand, a VR armband made out of muscle and 3D motion sensors, multiple electronic muscle stimulators (EMS), and a vibration motor. On the Kickstarter page, H2L states that the device can "output finger motion with EMS as a feedback from the video game." The technology will allow the user to feel certain sensations like tingling and resistance when playing games through integrating the device to the game controller.

##### The Implications

The company believes that the technology can also allow users to play music on music playing games and "touch" objects in VR games. The armband is easy-to-integrate as users are only asked to install a plug-in on the widely used VR and 3D engine Unity, as H2L wanted UnlimitedHand to be accessible to as many users as possible.