International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Volume. 5, Issue 3, 32013(2023)

Nanomaterial-based flexible sensors for metaverse and virtual reality applications

Jianfei Wang1... Jiao Suo2, Zhengxun Song1, Wen Jung Li2,* and and Zuobin Wang1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1International Research Centre for Nano Handling and Manufacturing of China, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Jilin 130022, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, People’s Republic of China
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    Nanomaterial-based flexible sensors (NMFSs) can be tightly attached to the human skin or integrated with clothing to monitor human physiological information, provide medical data, or explore metaverse spaces. Nanomaterials have been widely incorporated into flexible sensors due to their facile processing, material compatibility, and unique properties. This review highlights the recent advancements in NMFSs involving various nanomaterial frameworks such as nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanofilms. Different triggering interaction interfaces between NMFSs and metaverse/virtual reality (VR) applications, e.g. skin-mechanics-triggered, temperature-triggered, magnetically triggered, and neural-triggered interfaces, are discussed. In the context of interfacing physical and virtual worlds, machine learning (ML) has emerged as a promising tool for processing sensor data for controlling avatars in metaverse/VR worlds, and many ML algorithms have been proposed for virtual interaction technologies. This paper discusses the advantages, disadvantages, and prospects of NMFSs in metaverse/VR applications.

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    Jianfei Wang, Jiao Suo, Zhengxun Song, Wen Jung Li, and Zuobin Wang. Nanomaterial-based flexible sensors for metaverse and virtual reality applications[J]. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2023, 5(3): 32013

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    Paper Information

    Category: Topical Review

    Received: Feb. 16, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 26, 2024

    The Author Email: Li Wen Jung (wenjli@cityu.edu.hk)

    DOI:10.1088/2631-7990/acded1

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