Suppose you are one of the unlucky people who has lost a limb, say in combat, and you definitely deserve to get the best treatment because you just laid your life on the line for you country.
Well this is the best.
This is likely not perfect, I’ve seen video game effects that attempt to use vibrations to simulate touch, it takes some getting used to. But it also useful.
But I’m willing to bet that this effect a) will be highly useful once you integrate it into your brain and your motions, and b) will provide a platform to improve the methodology radically.
This is in the works according to IEEE, and they are never wrong.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-hand-simulates-touch
OH OH !!! and if you can control the vibration it MIGHT make you popular with your favorite lady friend. Sorry, couldn’t resist…