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Foldaway Haptics is Making a Thumbstick for VR Controllers That Pushes Back

Road to VR

Switzerland-based Foldaway Haptics is building a haptic joystick with force feedback. Over the years we’ve seen some really awesome haptic tech, like the HaptX glove that offers compelling tactile sensations and force-feedback on all five fingers. That makes Foldaway Haptics’ solution quite interesting.

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TapID Uses Bone Conduction To Deliver A Better Typing Experience In VR

VRScout

To bring a more organic and natural typing experience into VR, a group of researchers from the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich , Switzerland have developed a set of wristbands called TapID that—when combined with hand tracking—allows you to “feel” the keys of your virtual keyboard as you type.

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What is the Influence of Major Corporations in XR and Spatial Computing?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

February 2024 is here, and this month marked the end of a long, long wait for Apple’s Vision Pro. Apple has already sold 200,000 devices in the first week, which is impressive. However, the optics are positive for now in terms of enterprise and consumer XR markets.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean’s Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. Alan: Yeah.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean’s Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. Alan: Yeah.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean's Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature. Alan: Yeah.

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