In this article, the authors provide us with a historical progression of sensory communication, discuss the challenges of “getting in touch”, provide a perspective of the applications that can benefit from tactile communication and discuss the world of an “emotional internet”. In the end, “emotional” communication is a multidisciplinary effort; the journey towards 6G will play a strong hand in our ability to construct networks that can deliver the needed resources to make it real and with it, open up this new world of opportunities.