article thumbnail

The HIG-M4 VR Gunstock Looks EXTREMELY Realistic

VRScout

The device itself is composed of five primary components designed to replace your right controller: a Grip Controller, Hand Holder, Controller Fixture, Shoulder Stock, and Magazine Battery. Meanwhile, your left controller rests beneath a dedicated Hand Holder. The HIG-M4 is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter.

article thumbnail

Smart Fabric Technology Brings Touch Haptics To The Oculus Quest

VRScout

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. However, the main purpose of the Forte Data Glove, according to BeBop Sensors, is to reshape how companies approach enterprise training.

Haptic 224
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hands-On With Valve’s Knuckles Prototype Controllers

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Editor’s Note: Valve has started shipping the prototype Knuckles controllers to select VR developers in limited quantities. Now Valve has invited us and a new wave of developers to begin working with their latest prototype —the SteamVR Knuckles, a wearable VR controller that tracks not just your hand, but each finger too.

article thumbnail

How Immersive Learning Empowers Students and Teachers Alike

Veative

Designers of these projects used various peripheral devices such as head-mounted display gear, data gloves, and body suits for a fully immersive learning experience. However, when a student is immersed in an interactive VR module we often hear, “NOW I understand what you are saying about chloroplast!”

article thumbnail

VR Technology and Hand Tracking in VIVE’s Second Developer Talk

ARPost

While doing demos, people new to VR technology would repeatedly put both controllers into one hand to reach out and try to touch digital artefacts. Hand tracking is not really meant to necessarily replace controllers,” said Laverde. There are still use cases where a controller is better and vice versa.”.

article thumbnail

Manus VR brings full arm tracking to HTC Vive.

Cats and VR

For now, the HTC Vive brings you the most immersive right out of the box VR experience out of any on the market HMD due to its excellent motion controls. As we are now looking at a time when a quality VR experience is achievable on a consumer level, more and more immersion is desired. Enter Manus VR. Punch Club 3000!

HTC 100
article thumbnail

Manus Brings Your Entire Body Into VR With its Polygon System

Peter Graham

Ever since virtual reality (VR) remerged as a viable consumer product the quest has been to make the technology as immersive and interactive as possible. That’s lead to motion controllers, eye tracking and hand tracking but full-body tracking has stopped and started due to the complexities of this process.