Haply Robotics announced that next month at the Consumer Electronics Show 2025 in Las Vagas, the firm will be recognised via the event’s Innovation Awards 2025 for its Miniverse product, a device that looks to provide a mouse-style solution for workers operating in a 3D spatial environment.
At the event, CES will recognise the Miniverse product as part of its “Metaverse” and “XR Technologies & Accessories” categories, whereby Haply Robotics has won the “Best of Innovation” and “Honoree” awards, respectively.
Colin Gallacher, President & Co-Founder of Haply Robotics, added:
We’re thrilled to see the MinVerse recognized by the CES Innovation Awards program, joining notable past winners like Lenovo ThinkBook, Motorola Razr, and the iRobot Roomba, a personal favorite of mine. With the MinVerse, we’re bringing the precision haptic technology proven in our flagship Inverse3 to a broader audience. Our goal is to make advanced 3D control accessible to everyone, transforming how people experience and create in digital spaces.
CES 2025 is taking place January 7-10 in Las Vegas, where thousands of innovative technology vendors are looking to stand above the rest with solutions that will change everyday life.
Haply Robotic’s solution is open to businesses and consumers; looking to assist those working with digital design and engineering workflows.
The MinVerse product is a 3D mouse solution that leverages haptic technology to replicate a digital object’s texture, weight, resistance, elasticity, viscosity, and edges. In the firm’s promotional video, Haply Robotics showed the Minverse device in use alongside a Meta Quest product.
The firm notes that the Miniverse product is ready for use cases such as 3D modelling, sculpting, and virtual exploration. To support workers in these sectors, Miniverse is ready to be integrated alongside platforms such as Blender, RoboDK, and Haply’s first-party HARP software.
The device is also portable, making the Mininverse product ready for modern workers who may not be in a large office or are working on the go. Moreover, Miniverse comes with an open-source platform, allowing dedicated developers to push the future and abilities of the device going into 2025.
Sony also Wins Big at CES
At CES 2025, the upcoming Sony XR Head-Mounted Display SRH-S1 will receive the XR Technologies & Accessories Innovation Award alongside a range of other leading technology firms creating emerging solutions for selected markets.
Gary Shapiro, the CEO of CTA, added:
The honorees selected this year represent the range of innovation we will see at CES 2025, with products touching all areas of technology including the entire AI ecosystem. The record-breaking number of CES Innovation Awards submissions for CES 2025 shows how tech innovation continues to solve the world’s biggest challenges that change the people’s lives.
Sony’s submission received recognition for the XR Head-Mounted Display SRH-S1 device, demonstrating excellence in innovation, functionality, aesthetics, and design.
Kinsey Fabrizio, the President of CTA, also added:
Technology is reshaping industries, enhancing products and creating experiences that improve lives in ways we never thought possible. From unlocking new efficiencies in agriculture and mining to improving care for our pets, the tech at CES 2025 will allow attendees to dive in to the trends transforming our world.
CES 2025 employs an independent panel review process to select the firm awarded in each category. The independent panel at CES 2025 comprises experts from industry design, engineering, and media, who evaluate and rank the top entries in each category.
Sony received recognition after the CES Innovation Awards program, which had a record-breaking number of submissions. According to the event organizers, the awards received over 3,400 submissions, about a 13% increase compared to the previous year.
This year’s categories encompass a variety of emerging technology solutions beyond the XR domain. Additionally, notable winners in immersive technology include minVerse by Haply Robotics, which was honoured in the CES Metaverse Innovation category.
Moreover, honourees in the CES 2025 innovation award portfolio include WATA AI, SPAID, DEEP.FINE, iPOP, UNISTELLAR, CELLiCo, AGC, NationA, Swave Photonics, Blockchain Sports XR, Neuranics Limited, Kose Corporation, Hanyand University, Quester Inc, Wearable Devices Ltd, SCALe Virtual, Zhuhau Mojie Technology, NEWJAK, and XREAL.
