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Remote touch technology begins to emerge

Reference judgmentCorrectResearch snapshot · October 15, 2026
Source confidence & research status
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Editorial paraphrase · evidence v0.3. AI-assisted editorial assessments; original book editions not independently collated. Attribution and outcome confidence are recorded separately.

Source state: AUTHOR ADAPTATION CHECKED.

Attribution confidence
MEDIUM
Outcome confidence · deadline / review
HIGH / HIGH
Timing confidence / kind
MEDIUM · DOCUMENTED BY
Population
Technology markets and relevant users; no universality unless the forecast expressly requires it.

Our reading of the claim

Reference (stated reasonable reading)

Correct

Criterion: Networked haptics let people touch or manipulate distant objects/other users in limited practical demonstrations.

Deadline: 2009 · Included in this comparison

At original deadlineFULFILLED
By review dateFULFILLED

The scholarly account of the 2002 Boston–London virtual handshake establishes the emerging capability well before 2009. Further haptics progress preserves this modest success. The stronger full-body tactile claim is separately scored K031.

Deadline and follow-up notes

At deadline: The scholarly account of the 2002 Boston–London virtual handshake establishes the emerging capability well before 2009.

By review: Further haptics progress preserves this modest success. The stronger full-body tactile claim is separately scored K031.

Evidence: N41 (opens in a new tab)N28 (opens in a new tab)

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The forecast and its attribution.

EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE

Remote touch technology begins to emerge

Spiritual Machines: The Merging of Man and Machine — Ray Kurzweil

1999 · Attribution / year unconfirmed
P02 Personal relationships in 2009, first clause of haptics/chat bullet

AUTHORED ARTICLE THIRD PARTY MIRROR

Source publication: 1999 · Access: text checked

Attributed to Kurzweil; closing note identifies adaptation from The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999). An article mirror, not a scan of the book. Text transcription may contain errors. The article’s dollar amounts must not silently replace differently quoted book versions.

Catalogue entry P02
Open listed source (opens in a new tab)
Normalized claim
Remote touch technology begins to emerge
Success criteria
Networked haptics let people touch or manipulate distant objects/other users in limited practical demonstrations.
Claim type
Capability
02

Timeline

PREDICTION MADE1999Attributed forecast year; original edition not collated
ORIGINAL TARGET2009Deadline supplied by this assessment
FULL REALIZATIONBy 2002Evidence bound, not first achievement year

DOCUMENTED BY: Documented by 2002

End of named target year.

Outcome at original deadlineFULFILLED
Outcome at reviewFULFILLED

Supplied target wording: 2009. The original deadline is preserved if a later forecast revises it. Forecast horizon: not established. Drift is a calendar-year difference, not a precise elapsed duration.

03

The evidence.

CONTEXT · Publication date not recorded

Paterson: Feel the Presence—Technologies of Touch and Distance (opens in a new tab)

Describes 2002 Boston–London virtual handshake and networked force feedback; supports emerging remote touch, not full-body realism.. Describes 2002 Boston–London virtual handshake and networked force feedback; supports emerging remote touch, not full-body realism.

Source checked as of 2026-10-15
PRIMARY SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS

Source publication: 2006-10 · Access: web text or indexed extract checked

Describes 2002 Boston–London virtual handshake and networked force feedback; supports emerging remote touch, not full-body realism.

Catalogue entry N41
CONTEXT · Publication date not recorded

Research prototype for thermal and pressure haptics (opens in a new tab)

Local finger-scale multimodal haptics; not whole-body, all-sensation realism. Preprint status retained.. Local finger-scale multimodal haptics; not whole-body, all-sensation realism. Preprint status retained.

Source checked as of 2026-10-15
PRIMARY PREPRINT

Source publication: 2025-08 · Access: web text or indexed extract checked

Local finger-scale multimodal haptics; not whole-body, all-sensation realism. Preprint status retained.

Catalogue entry N28

Capability, adoption, and timing

A related breakthrough is not automatically fulfillment. Review must check the actual capability, how widely it was required to be used, the specified technology, and the original deadline. A prototype cannot establish a claim about routine or widespread use.

04

Research notes & history

Assessment is conditional on the stated criterion and population. Documented examples establish availability, not universal adoption. The original book edition has not been independently collated.

Open questions

  • Original-edition collation remains an attribution task; it does not erase the stated outcome assessment.
  • An earlier documented instance could refine timing; the documented-by date is not claimed to be the invention year.
Imported from
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Legacy identifier
None
Forecast family
K067
Parent statement
Not assigned
File checksum
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Review history

— Evidence v0.3: EDITORIAL_ASSESSMENT_COMPLETE; supplied verdict CORRECT. The scholarly account of the 2002 Boston–London virtual handshake establishes the emerging capability well before 2009. Further haptics progress preserves this modest success. The stronger full-body tactile claim is separately scored K031.

Related forecasts.

No forecast family has been resolved for this record. Related statements and revised deadlines will be linked during research.