VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Often incorporating various haptic feedback elements alongside advanced full-body capture, location-based VR has gone from niche to one of the more popular renditions of VR entertainment since there initial introduction. Image Credit: Baobab Studios / ILMxLAB / Oculus Facebook / Microsoft / Gap / Oculus Facebook.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Today at the Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Community event in Shenzhen, China, the company announced that VR/AR (mixed reality) headsets from top manufacturers are due to hit the market in 2017. Microsoft’s HoloLens of course will also be in the mix.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… ??! A good roundup of haptic devices. I’ve found on the web a long article about the haptics devices available , or on which there are experimentations. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At WCVRI, China shows its strategic interest for VR. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China. HTC launches Vive XR Suite.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2017

At this year’s Imagine Cup , Microsoft hosted dozens of student teams from across the world. One of those was developed by three Biomedical Engineering students from Xidian University in China, who came up with the idea after meeting at their school’s Innovation Lab.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 24, 2022

The report found that Meta’s Quest 2 as well as China’s DPVR and Pico VR headsets were among the most popular devices in this category. Importantly, this is not their only offering as they also power a full-body haptics suit in partnership with TESLASUIT. Microsoft Windows Operating System compatibility.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

One of them is that China is now the biggest market for XR , followed by the United States. More info (IDC Report) More info (IDC Report about China). They could be useful for the haptics devices of the future. IDC estimates a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in AR/VR spending of 76.9% billion by 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. HoloLens 2 could be put on sale on September. In any case, we will see.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

In China, it will be sold as a consumer device for around $400 , with two SKUs, one with 128GB storage, and the other one with 256GB. China has never had a “Quest moment” and this new headset with good content and an affordable price can be the kickstart of the consumer market there. In Russia, the haptic chair is you Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

This proves the Pico Neo 3 is selling quite well in China… who knows if something like that could be interesting also here in the West. Japanese startup H2L is working on a haptic bracelet. The Japanese startup H2L is working on a bracelet to provide haptic feedback of various kinds to increase immersion in VR worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

This way it will be possible to add even eye-tracking to these enterprise device; Vive Vee, a virtual character that should represent the brand in China and the rest of the world. Inside-out tracking was expected after having seen the controllers, but the haptic feedback on the head is a very welcome surprise. It’s a fair match.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. China will try to change gear.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Especially the DualSense is an amazing piece of tech, with very stable IMUs and haptic sensations that increase a lot the “immersion” in the games : they can provide you the sensation of resistance, of textures of materials, of movements. More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is… it’s so elegant.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is… it’s so elegant.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Furthermore, the comparison with Microsoft doesn’t hold well: Microsoft was a software company that just didn’t have high standards, so it made products with many bugs. Haptic suits can be an advantage to pro gamers. Brazilian startup Mespper has just expanded its ecosystem that runs across Brazil and China.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. I traveled to China with them, and the MERGE Cube is. Bob: When did you go to China? it's so elegant.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually. The second one is a device that should be presented at CES: the OWO haptic suit. More info (Lick It Up TV) More info (Owo haptic suit).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

CEOs means a lot for a company: think about how Microsoft has changed going from Ballmer to Nadella. Ultrahaptics is the English company producing a haptic device that works without being worn by the user: it emits ultrasound waves that colliding with the skin of the fingers of the user provide him a sense of touch.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Instead, he has concentrated his journalistic efforts on a stereotypical dystopia of avatars and social media white elephants from a caricatured Meta, Microsoft AltSpaceVR, and Decentraland. Yes, the media has documented failures among the consumer-facing metaverse, which includes Meta, JP Morgan, Decentraland, Microsoft, and others.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The problem is that we had no idea about the release date for us western people because the device had been announced and released only in China. Thanks to RTX, that is supported by Direct X’s Ray Tracing API DXR, that have been announced by Microsoft in the same days, we can have real-time photorealistic renderings.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For instance, the piece video on China Daily where Tim Cook says “I am incredibly excited about AR […] stay tuned and you’ll see what we have to offer” has become viral and everyone is talking about it, while actually, it doesn’t convey any info. For the first time I can see a real footage of the Teslasuit haptic gloves. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Controller : Weight : 23g Tracking : 3DoF Connection : Bluetooth Controls : Touchpad, Click, Haptic feedback. When I reviewed the Nreal glasses in China, I underlined that the tracking was one of its weak points: the objects moved quite a lot while I was moving in the environment. The good news is that this has improved a lot.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So when they’re talking to Chinese company Shin, which is one of the largest creator of a theme park in China. So they– sunshine actually invested in them, and also they had a big agreement for the contents of distribution in China. Teppei: Not that one yet but I tried a couple other Haptics gloves. The new future.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So when they’re talking to Chinese company Shin, which is one of the largest creator of a theme park in China. So they– sunshine actually invested in them, and also they had a big agreement for the contents of distribution in China. Teppei: Not that one yet but I tried a couple other Haptics gloves. The new future.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So when they’re talking to Chinese company Shin, which is one of the largest creator of a theme park in China. So they– sunshine actually invested in them, and also they had a big agreement for the contents of distribution in China. Teppei: Not that one yet but I tried a couple other Haptics gloves. The new future.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Probably after this money, we’ll see a launch of Nreal headsets also in China Ndreams raised $35M to expand its game development and publishing businesses. I want this advanced haptic glove Funny link. It’s the right time to raise money for XR ventures, so if you have a startup…. Real Reality or Virtual Reality, this is the question.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

I had the opportunity to travel to China with the principals. I'm amazed, where they'll have VR equipment there -- I went to one college, and Microsoft gave them a bunch of Hololenses -- and they were just thrown into a corner, because nobody from Microsoft ever came down and showed them how to use it, how to implement it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

I had the opportunity to travel to China with the principals. ” And they said, Parsons gave it to them through Microsoft, but no one ever showed them anything. There’s haptic gloves. There’s haptic suits. So, really exciting. It was really cool. We’ve worked a lot with schools.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 24, 2019

I had the opportunity to travel to China with the principals. ” And they said, Parsons gave it to them through Microsoft, but no one ever showed them anything. There’s haptic gloves. There’s haptic suits. So, really exciting. It was really cool. We’ve worked a lot with schools.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A comment of HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin makes us understand that HTC is going to launch a new VR headset in the first months of 2021 , and that it “will be better than what is available on the market”. Shockwave promises a full haptic suit for $200. Microsoft Flight Simulator to become VR compatible in December.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

If you were wondering, my journey to China has gone pretty well and many people liked HitMotion at WCVRI. Image by Microsoft). Microsoft wants to play safe, though, so it is now launching it only in two small countries , so that to identify possible problems only in a small subset of the worldwide population before the big launch.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I'm a Microsoft master trainer, so I do a lot of work with Microsoft technology. You've got very simple haptics; I can feel that I've stepped off of the mat, so therefore, I need to stop. There was a new study from another university in China looking at-- Alan: Yes, I saw that, too. I do a lot with Apple technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I'm a Microsoft master trainer, so I do a lot of work with Microsoft technology. You've got very simple haptics; I can feel that I've stepped off of the mat, so therefore, I need to stop. There was a new study from another university in China looking at--. I mean, I was a distinguished educator. I didn't get it yet.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

From headsets to haptic suits, there is going to be a lot of accessories and apparel in XR to chose from, including some that expand senses you didn’t even know were XR-compatible. Antony recently traveled to the fourth annual VIVE Ecosystem Conference — VEC — in Shenzhen, China. You can have haptic feedback.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. Now, the day is here, and the wait was… worth it? Want to dive deeper into the details? HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS.

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