Sometimes you need to be a bit more tactile and hands on (so to speak) when it comes to virtual reality. The Manus VR gloves are hoping to do that with the HTC Vive (as well as other VR headsets) and use natural hand motions as inputs for HTC’s VR headset. These gloves make use of Valve’s Lighthouse positional tracking technology and have wrist mounts for the Vive controllers. The gloves are wireless and washable as well.
Manus is preparing a dev-kit version of the gloves coming out for pre-order in the next few weeks. These will include a vibration motor for programming different levels of tactile feedback and batteries capable of lasting up to eight hours on a full charge. The gloves will be compatible with PC games, Cardboard, and Samsung Gear VR as well. There will be an open-source SDK kit made available as well. It will start shipping in the third quarter of the year for $250 USD (roughly $330 CAD).
Source: SlashGear