Touch helps us understand the world. It tells us where things are, how they respond to us, and how we can interact with them. We feel like part of the real world because it pushes back at us.
But digital worlds have always lacked this connection, forcing us to translate our natural 3D actions into 2D inputs - swipes, clicks, and buttons.
The 9D Stylus removes this translation layer. Combining 6D tracking with 3D force feedback, it lets digital spaces resist, guide, and interact with your hand. It lets digital spaces push back.
"A mouse lets you point, a 9D Stylus lets you touch"
Digital meets physical: What could it mean for you?
Telepresence and robotics:
Robots operate in a rich, physical world, yet we often control them through simple buttons and joysticks. The 9D Stylus removes this translation layer, combining the precision and repeatability of robots with the intuition and spatial intelligence of human operators, who can guide robots naturally while feeling the forces they encounter.
Medical & healthcare:
Anyone who's learned a manual skill knows that watching isn't the same as doing. Whether practising a surgical technique, palpating anatomy, or developing fine motor skills, realistic touch feedback combines hands-on experience with the benefits of digital simulation.
The 9D Stylus brings the intuitive connection we have with the physical world into digital environments. By combining natural movement with force feedback, it creates new possibilities for anyone working, learning, or creating in 3D.
Education and learning
Learning by doing. The best lessons aren't just seen - they're experienced. The 9D Stylus brings hands-on exploration into safe and reusable digital environments, helping students discover scientific models, historical artefacts, engineering concepts, and physical phenomena.
Creativity and Design
Digital artists already sketch with pens and tablets because they feel more natural than a mouse. The 9D Stylus extends that idea into three dimensions, letting creators sculpt, carve, shape, and feel their digital creations as if they were a physical materials.
Social & Communication
Touch is fundamental to the human experience. As digital interaction becomes increasingly immersive, force feedback opens the door to richer collaboration, shared experiences, and new ways of connecting across distance.
Something else?
When digital becomes tangible, our imaginations become the only limit. We're hearing new ideas all the time- get in touch with our team to discuss your ideas!
Engineering and CAD
Anyone who's worked with a SpaceMouse knows how much more natural they feel than translating your intentions through a standard 2D mouse. 9D Stylus is the next step - elevating CAD sofwares into fully 3D, physical workbenches, where you can feel surfaces, shapes and constraints, and naturally interact with digital objects.
9D Stylus Libre One:
LibreOne is a 9D Stylus that brings the sense of touch, to your desktop. It is built as an affordable platform to support people experimenting with force feedback technology.
Open sourced design and software - LibreOne is ready for experimentation, modification and evolution. It is aimed at supporting your ideas - never restricting them.
Available as prebuilt ready-to-run devices, or a range of DIY kits, LibreOne is equally suited for end users who want to forget the technical details and experiment with haptic technology, through to enthusiast developers who want to deep dive into the technology.
With open source plugins maintained for platforms including C++ and UnityEngine, new users can start creating intricate touch-enabled scenes by just dragging & dropping - no knowledge of physics or haptics programming required! Meanwhile, experienced programmers can fully utilise complex physics modelling.
9D Stylus DK1:
DK1 is targeted at advanced use cases. Featuring larger motors and a metal construction, DK1 can generate significantly larger, higher quality, forces than LibreOne and works across a larger volume.
The kit comes with all the parts and accessories you'll need, all packaged in a secure, foam-padded travel case.
DK1's are built to order - please get in touch with our team if you are interested in finding out more or making an order.
VR Rehabilitation:
Active Virtual Rehab (AVR) specialise in using VR to 'gamify' the rehabilitation process to improve outcomes for stroke victims.
They are using 9D stylus' to add weights and resistance to their VR games, expanding their process to focus on re-build strength and improve patient outcomes.
Development resources:
Open source plugins let you focus on the fun sides of development with force feedback!
Digital spaces are not bound by physical rules, our imaginations become the limit...
UnityEngine:
We maintain an open source plugin and demo program for UnityEngine. This plugin handles device comms, and integrates the robot with Unity's built-in physics engine.
The Unity plugin makes force feedback development as easy as drag & drop!
Project spotlight, see what people are already building:
C++:
Designed to be a minimal codebase to support integration into existing projects, the C++ plugin handles communications with one or more LibreOne's.
This Plugin requires is ideal for those wanting to experiment with more direct and flexible control of the 9D stylus.
FFUI:
A project by researchers from the Bristol Interaction Group at the University of Bristol - FFUI aims to re-imagine desktop PC interfaces, to sidestep traditional reliance on screens and vision, and enable blind users to navigate a windows desktop environment using the sense of touch!
OFBI - Blender Interface
A project from our own team, OFBI links a 9D stylus with the popular open source modelling tool, Blender. Like a graphics tablet combined with a spacemouse and turned upto 11, this lets the user access blender controls through a direct 9D interface!
Frequently asked questions
Does it require VR?
9D Stylus' excel when used in combination with 3D visuals, but also work great on your normal 2D screen!
Does it require external tracking?
No, 9D stylus devices do all their own tracking and don't require any extra hardware. Just connect to a PC or laptop and you're good to go!
Do they need to be maintained?
The 9D stylus' are designed to be as low maintenance as possible - Direct drive motors and a parallel linkage minimise moving parts / cables, and magnetic encoders ensure they will not be affected by dust or dirt.
Are they safe?
LibreOne is designed to share your space safely - features such as plastic construction, smaller motors and linkages designed to minimise pinch points, are all there to maximise safety.
Is it open source?
We believe the philosophy of sharing, collaboration, and experimentation is the best approach to bring this incredible technology into more people's hands. We want to create technology that supports your ideas - never restrict them.
The design of LibreOne will be open source - you can modify, 3D print and build your own! In addition, all of our haptics software projects & device drivers are open source for use in your projects!
What is early access beta?
We are a small team working on delivering a big technology. Whereas many similar companies rely on crowd-funding with just a promise to deliver some day, we prefer to more actively engage with, and to develop alongside, those who are interested in working with force feedback!
Early access beta is for anyone who wants to be among the first to experiment with this new space. The devices are as shown, fully functional, upgradable, immediately built to order, and shipped within 1 week.
Early access beta is not for anyone who just wants the end product. While they are already fully functional, the design is liable to improvements, updates and changes.
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