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A History of Haptics: Electric Eels to an Ultimate Display

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I was in that headspace when I first held a vibrating video game controller—this was around 1999—and I’d been deeply immersed in the writings of media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who wrote a lot about touch. So we conceptualized ‘haptic media’ fairly broadly, enough that it includes devices like Apple Watch along with Q*bert arcade cabinets.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

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Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Knowing they stole video game designs from him, arcade bar owner Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) keeps trying to hack into his former employer’s system to prove what they stole from him.