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NewImages Festival Showed Me What VR Experiences Can Offer Beyond Games

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Noire looks at the civil rights struggle in '50s Alabama, while Letters From Drancy explores Marion Deichmann's journey after being separated from her mother during the Holocaust. Showcasing many worldwide VR and AR projects, what immediately struck me is how VR filmmakers aren't shying away from difficult subjects.

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2018 Highlights: Award-winning VR gloves, global customers, and a growing team

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This new industrial-grade system offers the most realistic haptics experience to date. It marks the first commercial availability of our industry-leading microfluidic haptic technology platform. Following the film’s release, The Wall Street Journal profiled HaptX, proclaiming immersive haptics is “closer than you think.”

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