After pioneering haptic gloves for virtual reality, Tokyo-based startup Diver-X is taking aim at one of the most familiar computer tools: the mouse. Its new Melt Mouse, launching on Kickstarter under the company’s Melt Interface brand, combines a precision mouse, a trackpad, and a customizable shortcut keypad into one minimalist aluminum device.I had a hands-on session with the Melt Mouse prototype during a briefing with co-founder and CTO Kei Asano, […]

When I stepped through the threshold of the IPA* pavilion at CEATEC 2025, I entered not a flashy tech demo but a deceptively simple classroom set—a wooden desk, a globe, dim ambient lighting, walls that felt intimate and familiar. Yet within moments, that stillness began to shift. The walls breathed, shadows stretched, and through the VR goggles strapped to my face, I was pulled into a delicate but expansive vision: […]