VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

The Mezo interactive art installation that will be the centerpiece of the show floor at VRLA 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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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

MIRAISENS is Japan-based haptics company which is developing what they call 3DHaptics technology. I got a chance to try their latest demo this week at VRS 2018, which is able to achieve unique directional haptic feedback from a handheld device using relatively simple hardware.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Image courtesy Oculus. This is an area where I clearly undershot,” he said, noting that Oculus’ own Half Dome prototype shown earlier this year had already met two of these specifications (140 degree FOV and variable focus), and that display panels matching the predicted resolution have already been shown publicly.

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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2021

By employing a unique combination of haptic technology and hardware-agnostic software, Fundamental Surgery is able to deliver a genuine sense of touch when performing key surgical actions, interacting with specific medical tools, and operating on different tissue variants. Feature Image Credit: FundamentalVR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). So, are you ready?

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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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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Beat Games announced that PlayStation VR users should expect the PSVR version of the hit indie VR rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) to arrive sometime later this year. — Jaroslav Beck (@Sqeepo) September 3, 2018. While you wait, check out our Beat Saber Early Access review here for the skinny on what makes Beat Saber tick.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 2, 2017

This new motion controller is completely different the the Oculus Touch, Vive wands, or VR gloves. Estimated delivery is in March 2018. Perfect VR input needs precise control and realistic feedback, two things that are difficult to balance with modern technology. Hapto looks more like a bracelet for your hand.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 2, 2020

What has changed is the addition of greater hardware support including Oculus Quest and glove features, with haptics now available. The company actually revealed the addition of Oculus Quest a couple of months back but CES 2020 will be used to officially announced the haptic feedback Forte Data Glove version.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

At HaptX, our team is celebrating a milestone-filled 2018. Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The motors and weight are also used to create haptic feedback emulating the kick of shooting a gun. Rosado says he’s working on a similar prototype for the Oculus Touch controllers. So cool, #HTC haptic control at #freakend pic.twitter.com/RulZjTjfkb. JavierCantonFerrero (@jcant0n) February 10, 2018.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Price (Updated January 2018). Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles. April 2018.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 31, 2020

Another was Bebop Sensors, showcasing its latest Forte Date Glove, which had built-in haptics and Oculus Quest compatibility. Bebop Sensors has attended CES for several years now with VRFocus last testing the Forte Data Glove back in 2018. Hence its latest update adding Oculus Quest compatibility.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Experience of the Year.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

Between the $299 Oculus Quest, the death of the movie theater, and the COVID stigma on shared headsets, you’d think we wouldn’t be hearing much about this right now. We are waiting and hoping and praying a white knight swoops in to rescue Poly like Microsoft rescued AltspaceVR in the VR winter of 2018. Not a good sign.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This year was going to be the year of augmented reality, but by the end of 2018 market analysts were pointing to 2020 or 2021 as the “golden year” of AR. Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training. The company’s direction is unclear.

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HaptX

JANUARY 9, 2018

At HaptX, we periodically speak to leading experts in haptic technology, its history, and its applications. Archer, recently curated a special issue in the journal New Media & Society focused on haptics, which is now available for purchase through Sage Journals. A History of Haptics: The Birth of a New Language.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Here’s the full press release for VRLA 2018 ( Road to VR readers can save 15% on passes, details here ): Announcing VRLA 2018 Keynotes & Expo Highlights. Passes are available now and start at just $30, and for the first time ever attendees can register in VR via the official Payscout VRLA Registration 2018 app.

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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. This is even more than the 20,000 concurrent users of early 2018 when the app went viral on Twitch. News worth a mention.

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HaptX

JANUARY 18, 2018

A few years later, New Frontier saw its biggest transformation yet with the debut of the Oculus Rift prototype. The piece used an early prototype of the Oculus Rift, which would launch its record-breaking Kickstarter several months later. “It The latest breakthrough technology to debut at the show is HaptX’s haptic device.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

billion in 2017 and 2018. As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. billion, followed by $5.8

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

A report from UploadVR , citing “multiple sources,” claims that Sony’s next-gen PlayStation VR 2 headset will bring a big jump in resolution, along with eye-tracking, IPD adjustment, and even head-mounted haptics. Head-mounted haptics. This is the same approach used by headsets like Oculus Quest. After 2021.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2018, Moss released for the original PlayStation VR headset. A few months later, the game came to PC VR and then it was available at launch for the original Oculus Quest in 2019. The release of PSVR 2 is a bit of a full circle moment for Polyarc. A comparison between Moss on PSVR and PSVR 2, provided by Polyarc.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Working closely with VR hardware leaders in the space, including Valve, HTC, and Oculus, Cloudhead Games continues to innovate, inform, and entertain. Knuckles EV2 is a pretty radical shift for users coming from the Vive wands or even Oculus Touch. Image courtesy Cloudhead Games. Obviously Knuckles is not the final step for VR input.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2018

While the Windows VR headsets are often criticized for the precision of their hand-tracking, I was surprised to find how well they hold up in practice even with a fast paced, highly active game like Beat Saber (2018). The same cameras are also used to look for glowing LEDs on the Windows VR motion controllers to determine their position.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Available On : Oculus (Rift). Sanzaru Games and Oculus Studios brought Asgard’s Wrath to life as a part of the Oculus initiative to fund less, but bigger titles for the Rift platform. Available On: Steam (Index, Vive, Rift, WMR), Viveport , Oculus ( Rift , Quest ). Available On : Oculus ( Quest , Rift ).

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2018

— Steve Bowler GDC (@gameism) March 22, 2018. Some of this can be chalked up to the game’s haptics, which create a satisfying buzz in your controller when you touch anything with your sabers. Even though the game doesn’t give out points for style, Beat Saber created an immediate need for me to be stylish.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2018

various high-quality VR games on Oculus or SteamVR. You can find it on Oculus Store , as well as recently released SteamVR version. With how popular Oculus Go and Mobile VR is in Japan, there have been more and more original IPs in this space as well. pic.twitter.com/SYkCF6Jc13 — SpicyTails@ (@spicytails) July 16, 2018.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

billion in 2018 and is expected to reach approximately US$814.7 Facebook invested heavily in Oculus Rift to bring in believable character avatars using generative models through deep learning. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 63.01% between 2019 and 2025.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Our partnership with D-Box motion systems has now given us a whole new set of tools to be able to explore immersion with haptic interactivity.”. The full-motion cinematic VR chair is the first of its kind, featuring motorized yaw and pitch motion, audio-driven haptic feedback and customized seating. So there you have it!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift. It was not until 2018 when the first all-in-one headsets entered markets, transitioning from a futuristic dream to a mainstream reality by 2021.

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HaptX

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The new trailer had dropped, and it showed a set of haptic VR gloves worn by protagonist Wade Watts. Having read the book, I wasn’t surprised to see haptic gloves featured in the movie; I was surprised to see them shown prominently in the trailer. VR Gloves become Haptic Gloves. The Clownfish Boom of ‘03. Warner Bros.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

Samsung’s XR Journey In 2015, Samsung released the Gear VR headset, which allowed users to play Oculus games on their Gear smartphone, providing the stepping stones in allowing Samsung to engage with immersive technology and develop leading products. However, despite a warm critical reception, the device was not a commercial success.

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2018

Last month at E3 we got our first hands-on time with Beat Saber on PSVR and found a promising adaptation generally works well, but isn’t immune from issues caused by the headset’s limited tracking area: At the game’s first showing on PSVR, here at E3 2018, Beat Saber made a promising impression.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2018

There’s been plenty to talk about in VR gaming over the course of 2018, with even more ambitious indie studios and AAA game companies getting into the medium for the first time. That said, 2018 has been a year of cross-platform pollination, so deliberation has been even more difficult this time around. Beat Saber.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Price (Updated January 2018). Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles. April 2018.

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