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Regine Gilbert talks about accessibility in XR

The Ghost Howls

You have written a book on the topic “Inclusive Design for a Digital World” What can people find inside it? The book is meant for those who are new to accessibility and looking to learn more about it. For example, could you provide the player haptic feedback in addition or instead of visual or audio cues?

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Spatial Beats: Apple, Epic & Tom Brady

AR Insider

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. Apple patents suggest AR Smartglasses will use head-worn haptics to guide user attention. See his books here. You can find it on podcasting platforms Spotify , iTunes , and YouTube.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.16): Meta teases Cambria, Google shows new AR features, and more!

The Ghost Howls

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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Logitech’s VR Stylus for SteamVR Now Available for Pre-order for $750

Road to VR

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 XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This time we will talk about haptics in XR with some celebrities in the field like Guido Gioioso from Weart, Ashley Huffman from TitanHaptics, and Joe Michaels from HaptX. Dean Takashi has interviewed Neal Stephenson about the metaverse , his book, and, of course, Meta. Interesting research about a VR haptic glove. Learn more.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

The Ghost Howls

As a Unity developer, I am a bit envious of all of this. Upload VR) More info (Moss: Book 2 review) More info (Walkabout Minigolf X Myst) More info (Half-Alyx: Levitation) More info (Painting VR) More info (Green Hell VR) More info (Super Kit) More info (Demeo). The CEO of Sketchfab has tried it and said that it works quite well.

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Hands-on: Logitech is Building the SteamVR Stylus That Needs to Exist

Road to VR

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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