VRScout

MAY 3, 2021

Yaw VR’s smart chair offers a 40-degree motion range for roll, 70-degree for pitch movements, and haptic vibrations. There’s also built-in vibration haptics capable of simulating acceleration, speed, an engine’s RPM, and gunshots. Image Credit: Yaw VR.

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ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. Not only does it speed up XR development, but it also removes compatibility issues, without affecting the quality of graphics, haptics, and other game interactions. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. This open-source SDK is only the beginning for us. Leap Motion.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

A wide range of tracking adapters and impressive hardware could make the Plexus the next big haptic glove. Linear resistant actuators (LRAs) placed at the ends of each fingertip provide realistic haptic feedback for the user. Compatibility: Unity, Unreal Engine, C++, C#, Python. degrees precision.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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Road to VR

MARCH 31, 2017

designs and licenses haptic technology that’s come to be used in gamepads you’re well familiar with. Now the company is developing a new haptic programming system which aims to help game developers make better haptics effects for their games, faster. Founded in 1993, Immersion Corp. Immersion Corp.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

The Unity CEO opened the event with a keynote where he defined the word “metaverse” and stated that XR devices should reach similar distribution numbers of game consoles in the next 5 years (this means they won’t reach the volumes of smartphones anytime soon). In the latest Oculus SDK, Meta has included Room Setup functionalities.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations. Haptics quality. Experimenting with different force-feedback haptics inside Unity: rigid object, bendable object, breakable object. What is SenseGlove? It has not been thought for games, but more for enterprise uses like training.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in a blank environment—and Oculus accepted it.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Interhaptics is a Haptics software company specializing in tools for haptic design and rendering, and hand tracking interactions for digital platforms as Mobile, XR, and consoles. It supports an extensive list of XR controllers, hand tracking systems, and haptic devices. All are already included in Unity.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Interhaptics is a software company specializing in Haptics. Interhaptics provides hand interactions and Haptics feedback development and deployment tools for extended reality, mobile, and console applications. Adding a haptic layer to these interactions will only increase the immersion level of any solution.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Company CTO Idan Beck says its Sandbox SDK will have capabilities like “high-performance inverse kinematics, rigging, and motion capture capabilities,” and will include support for Unreal Engine, Unity, and Native. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

Oculus For Developers has some documentation for Designing accessible VR. For example, could you provide the player haptic feedback in addition or instead of visual or audio cues? Here you are some: Open XR: [link] UI Accessibility Plugin (Unity): [link] Set Color Deficiency Type (Unreal Engine): [link].

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

Feelreal had its first taste of notoriety back at GDC 2015 when the company debuted its public prototype, a sort of smell-o-vision add-on for VR headsets that provided users with a number of scents through a clip-in cartridge system as well as hot and cool wind, water mist, and haptic vibrations. Image courtesy Feelreal Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. Image by Unity Technologies). Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 20, 2023

Gaining an understanding of how certain solutions like Unity and Unreal Engine are used to produce VR experiences will be essential. Graphic design skills: VR designers are responsible for creating unique virtual experiences with a combination of audio, visuals, and even haptic elements.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The Logitech VR Ink Pilot Edition stylus weighs 68 grams and includes a pressure sensitive button, a clickable 2D touch-strip, menu & system buttons, side ‘grab’ buttons, and integrated haptics. Logitech is promising “2.5+ hours” of battery life.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. Sony promises amazing haptic sensations on the controllers, that should be able to provide “impactful, textured, and nuanced” sensations. It will so have inside-out tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2022

I know one of the companies which is going to exhibit there: it is called Weart, they are Italians like me, and they propose a very interesting haptic device. The caps are for the thumb, index, and middle fingers and they provide the haptic sensation for your VR experience. Let me tell you something about it. Weart gloves.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

Thanks to this, the card will be able to keep two Wi-Fi connections at the same time: one towards a router to have an internet connection, and the other directly to another device, like the Oculus Quest. Unity adds OpenXR hand integration package. Timberman VR aims at bringing the popular game Timberman to Oculus Quest 2.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2020

VR has come a long way over since launch of the Oculus DK1. The exoskeletal devices also feature haptic feedback technology capable of delivering detailed physical sensations, whether it be a bullet hitting your leg or the feel of different terrain and conditions, such as moving water or high winds. Because VR teleportation is so 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

He stresses that he wants his metaverse not to be like these ones… but I also have to remember you that currently, Oculus is the most closed VR platform. Oculus Quest 2 goes 128GB and MR. The Oculus Quest 2’s update pace is always impressive: every month we have new features to play with. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The PS5 is a big step forward for console gaming , and being paired with a next-gen controller like the DualSense, that provides realistic haptic sensations, it can give its players countless hours of fun. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. But the same sense of amazement doesn’t hold for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Maybe Oculus planned to showcase Del Mar at GDC.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Compatible with HTC Vive and other SteamVR headsets, Manus Polygon will be compatible with Unity when it officially launches in June 2020. The flagship gloves are the Prime Haptic for €4990 , offering haptic feedback for each finger. The flagship gloves are the Prime Haptic for €4990 , offering haptic feedback for each finger.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

How well do the Oculus Touch controllers work with SteamVR apps that are only designed with Vive in mind? Of those 800, all of them support the HTC Vive officially, whereas only 180 support the Oculus Rift. You can still get to Oculus Home by pressing the right-handed menu button, just like you would in any VR app through Home.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. Emerge is a new XR haptic device. Emerge is a new haptic device that can give you haptic sensations while you are in VR without the need for you to wear anything. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

Today has been another interesting day: it has started with us running to try to enter the Cyberpunk 2077 booth (but with no luck) and has finished playing with an Oculus Go. It is a Korean company producing haptic devices for virtual reality. So, here you are what I did today. NVIDIA RTX 2080 videos and photos. That’s powerful.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

All these tools look amazing also for the creation of very realistic VR experiences, but actually, we should hold our enthusiasm: both Nanite and Lumen are not available for VR yet, and Epic has not announced any kind of improvement of the workflow for development for Oculus Quest 2, either. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2019

There’s also on-board haptics, and the end of the stylus has a pressure-sensitive tip which allows for pressure-sensitive writing against physical surfaces. SEE ALSO Tactical Haptics to Open Pre-orders for 'Reactive Grip' Dev Kits on May 29th. A VR stylus that’s good enough for handwriting could be the key.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 30, 2017

A big shout out to the team at Oculus for that as well. Cabbibo created a photogrammetry based VR art installation in two days exclusively for the Art of VR event using Unity. Recently I got the chance to visit the Art Of VR event at Sotheby's NY. First is the SUPER CUTE Pixar-esq Raising A Rukus from VRC.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

More exciting is the second showcase, highlighting haptic feedback for motion controllers like the Oculus Touch or Vive wands. Whether or not it will ever have the chance to truly compete with the likes of Unity and Unreal Engine remains to be seen, but giving developers more options is never a bad thing.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Additional expo highlights include Xtrematic’s extreme sports simulator, bHaptics’ full-body haptic suit, Bioflight’s VR medical training simulations and Phasespace’s large-scale motion capture system.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. The virtual environment was developed in the Unity game engine, and the native physics engine of Unity was used to drive the physics-based simulation of the Force Push interface.

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

The most popular tend to be videogame engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine which have been fine-tuned over many years. Today, Charles River Analytics – a developer of intelligent systems solutions – has announced the launch of the Virtuoso Software Development Kit (VSDK), to aid speedy development of AR and VR experiences.

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