Garment Integrated Capacitive Sensor Produced From An Insulated Knitted Layer And A Non-Insulated Knitted Layer And Uses Thereof

A method of detecting force received at a garment, comprising:

• receiving a force at a capacitive sensor integrated into a garment, wherein the capacitive sensor includes:
• a first knitted conductive electrode layer that is constructed using an insulated conductive fabric, wherein the first knitted conductive electrode layer has a first surface;
• a second knitted conductive electrode layer that is construed using a non-insulated conductive fabric containing a second surface, wherein the second surface is configured to be directly in contact with the first surface to produce the capacitive sensor;
• in response to receiving the force at the capacitive sensor, transmitting a value corresponding to the received force to a processor;
• and
• determining, via the processor, a calculated force value.

An artificial reality system comprising:

• an artificial-reality headset that is communication with a garment integrated capacitive sensor, wherein the garment integrated capacitive sensor comprises:
• a first knitted conductive electrode layer that is constructed using an insulated conductive fabric, wherein the first knitted conductive electrode layer has a first surface;
• a second knitted conductive electrode layer that is constructed using a non-insulated conductive fabric containing a second surface, wherein the second surface is configured to be directly in contact with the first surface to produce a garment integrated capacitive sensor,
• wherein:
• the garment integrated capacitive sensor is configured to be in communication with a processor, and the processor is configured to receive a sensed value from the garment integrated capacitive sensor.