The Hug Project

Every day, tens of millions of people live separated from loved ones, unable to hug one another.

Cox believes technology can bring people closer, so to launch The Hug Project, we created the Hug Vest, the first haptic suit allowing people to hug loved ones across any distance. Using haptic technology, one vest-wearer can wirelessly and instantly send a hug to another just by embracing themselves, converting a digital signal into real-time hugs.

With The Hug Project, we’re connecting more and more people, bringing virtual hugs to the immunocompromised, immigrants, military members, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, brothers, sisters, and more. Across the US and the world, the Hug Project continues to bring Cox’s purpose of human connection to life, finding loved ones who are apart and bringing them closer, one embrace at a time.