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Prototype to serial production

SenseGlove: a VR glove

Start-up SenseGlove developed a VR glove that allows the user to feel and manipulate virtual objects. Spark helped design a product structure suitable for serial production and supplier sourcing: finding and contracting suitable manufacturers.

The SenseGlove makes digital objects tangible by translating their tactile properties into force feedback. Artificial tendons on the glove provide resistance when the user holds an object in virtual reality.

Design for assembly

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Injection moulding

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Production time

The glove fingers were particularly complex to assemble and had a long production time. In addition to integrating cables and sensors, Spark has therefore mainly looked at how the fingers could be constructed in a smarter way to enable fast and reliable assembly.

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Design for Manufacturing

In a Design for Manufacturing process, Spark has developed a different assembly method, in which the fingers are assembled and tested separately before integrating them into the product. Subsequently, Spark used her network to involve the right injection moulders, assembly parties and electronics developers in this project.

New investors

This process has made it possible to validate the feasibility and substantiate the costs of the design. It enabled SenseGlove to find new investors and initiate further development of the product. The first 200 gloves have now been produced in series.

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