Systems and methods for electric discharge-based sensing via wearables donned by users of artificial reality systems

A wearable comprising:

• a fastener dimensioned to facilitate securing the wearable to a user of an artificial reality system;
• an energy measuring device that measures an amount of electrostatic discharge produced by the user touching or releasing a surface of an object capable of conducting an electric charge;
• at least one processing device communicatively coupled to the energy measuring device, wherein the processing device:
• detects, based at least in part on the amount of electrostatic discharge measured by the energy measuring device, an interaction between the user and the surface of the object;
• and
• in response to detecting the interaction between the user and the surface of the object, generates an input command for the artificial reality system based at least in part on the interaction detected between the user and the surface.

A method comprising:

• measuring, by an energy measuring device incorporated into a wearable donned by a user of an artificial reality system, an amount of electrostatic discharge produced by the user touching or releasing a surface of an object capable of conducting an electric charge;
• detecting, by a processing device communicatively coupled to the energy measuring device, an interaction between the user and the surface of the object based at least in part on the amount of electrostatic discharge measured by the energy measuring device;
• and
• generating, by the processing device, an input command for the artificial reality system based at least in part on the interaction detected between the user and the surface of the object in response to detecting the interaction between the user and the surface.