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Smart Fabric Technology Brings Touch Haptics To The Oculus Quest

VRScout

The glove-like accessory allows standalone VR users to feel virtual objects. The latest iteration of its one-size-fits-all Forte Data Glove can now be combined with the Oculus Quest controllers, integrating BeBop’s hand tracking technology with the Quest’s 3D tracking. Those are big wins for everyone involved.

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CES 2020 Interview: Bebop Sensors has got the Touch

Peter Graham

Bebop Sensors has attended CES for several years now with VRFocus last testing the Forte Data Glove back in 2018. Back then the glove was more about demonstrating its bend sensor technology rather making a commercial product. In fact, at the time the company said it had no plans of going into full production.

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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Augmented reality may be the future of games, but there are some huge problems that stand in its way. So we decided to gather three of the biggest AR visionaries and product makers to show us the path to the future at our GamesBeat Summit 2017 event last week. But he still can’t make AR glasses with awesome visuals for just $500.

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#BuildYourNorthStar Workshop Brings AR to Life in 48 Hours

Leapmotion

It was hosted by Polaris AR. In support of the event, our team donated Leap Motion Controllers. Our CTO David Holz and engineer/ AR tennis champion Jonathon Selstad joined the workshop, along with former Leap Motion engineer Adam Munich. Had a really great first day building a Project North Star AR headset.

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China shows its masterplan to lead Virtual Reality in 2025

The Ghost Howls

We all believe that 5G will be able to disrupt AR and VR, because it will allow us to have very light headsets with all the rendering performed on the cloud , and of course China should invest on it as well. A centralized content platform is also better for the Chinese government to have more control over it. (2)

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Dexmo force feedback gloves show the future of hands presence in VR

The Ghost Howls

The Dexmo force-feedback glove is an exoskeleton that you wear to have true fingers presence in any virtual environment. It can be used both with a standard screen or an AR/VR headset, but I think that virtual reality is where this device really shines. All the movements of the thumb are tracked thanks to a special joint.

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