A glove interface object is provided, comprising: a plurality of electromagnets positioned at a wrist area of the glove interface object; a plurality of magnetic sensors respectively positioned at fingertip areas of the glove interface object, wherein each magnetic sensor is configured to generate data indicating distances to each of the electromagnets when each of the electromagnets is activated; a controller configured to control activation of the electromagnets and reading of the magnetic sensors in a time-division multiplexed arrangement, wherein each of the magnetic sensors is read during activation of a single magnetic sensor; a transmitter configured to transmit data derived from the reading of the magnetic sensors to a computing device for processing to generate data representing a pose of a virtual hand, the virtual hand capable of being rendered in a virtual environment presented on a head-mounted display.