Experiencing thermal conductivity in XR

Imagine standing before a glowing virtual campfire. As you reach forward, the TouchDIVER Pro gloves gradually warm your hand, while the simulated wooden handle you pick up feels cooler near your grip and warmer where the fire touches it. These thermal gradients, combined with the gloves’ force and texture feedback, allow you not only to sense heat but also to identify and distinguish between materials like metal, glass and wood purely by touch. This example shows how multimodal haptics can go far beyond “hot” and “cold” cues. The integration of Nokia’s research with our technology enables dynamic, physics-based temperature rendering that supports material recognition, richer immersion and more natural interaction in XR.

 

Building the next wave of multisensory XR

Nokia’s decades-long leadership in multimedia and haptic standardization ensures that these innovations won’t remain isolated demos but will contribute to a global ecosystem of interoperable, multisensory technologies. At WEART, we are proud to provide the haptic hardware platform that makes this possible, enabling researchers, developers and creators to push XR boundaries even further. As the industry moves toward a new era of immersive, multisensory digital experiences, multimodal haptic feedback will be essential to bridging the physical and the virtual. Through pioneering research by companies like Nokia, WEART is making that future a reality.