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Charlie Fink
JANUARY 26, 2021
HaptX, makers of force-feedback VR gloves, announced today they are ready to ship their advanced force feedback gloves. Consumer Tech /consumer-tech Innovation /innovation Consumer Tech /consumer-tech Business /business technology
Peter Graham
JANUARY 2, 2020
BeBop Sensors has been demonstrating its latest Forte Data Glove iteration at technology show CES for the past several years and next week’s event is no different. BeBop Sensors claims the Forte Data Glove has a sub-6 millisecond response time and all-day battery life.
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Road to VR
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
The company formerly known as AxonVR , which has raised more than $5 million in venture capital, is rebranding to HaptX, and revealing a feature prototype of a VR glove which uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and force feedback to the fingers. Meeting with HaptX co-founder Jake Rubin in Silicon Valley earlier this month, I got to try the latest prototype of the company’s wild-looking haptic VR glove—a monstrous piece of equipment hooked up to some massive cabling.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Diver-X, the Japan-based startup known for pitching an ambitious VR headset earlier this year, is at it again, this time with a pair of VR gloves that incorporates a membrane capable of flexing and compressing to replicate the sensation of touch.
VRScout
OCTOBER 27, 2019
The glove-like accessory allows standalone VR users to feel virtual objects. In January of 2018, BeBop Sensors debuted its Forte Data Glove at the annual Consumer Electronics Showcase in Las Vegas, Nevada, during which the company showcased its “smart fabric” technology simuating the sensation of touch while in a virtual space; put simply, the high-tech gloves allow users to “feel” virtual objects while immersed in a VR experience.
Charlie Fink
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The fund will be used to finance production and marketing of the company's high-end XR gloves
Peter Graham
JANUARY 31, 2020
If you’ve been following VRFocus’ previous coverage of CES 2020 then you’ll know that hands and more specifically gloves had a definite presence during this year’s show.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
HaptX Ready To Ship Enterprise Data Gloves. HaptX, makers of force-feedback VR gloves, announced today they are ready to ship their advanced force-feedback gloves, dubbed the DK2 (Developer Kit 2). W elcome back to Spatial Beats.
Peter Graham
MARCH 24, 2020
Manus VR , the company which makes enterprise-grade data gloves, is almost ready to release its solution to this challenge, Manus Polygon. Compatible with Manus’ range of Prime gloves, Polygon supports multiple users either locally or via an existing network so colleagues can share a virtual workspace. The new range of Manus Prime gloves arrived in 2019, with three models for tracking users hand gestures.
ARPost
APRIL 8, 2020
A question regarding other third-party VR technology, including data gloves, was brought up in a Q&A segment when users asked about hand tracking gloves. “ Tuesday, April 7, saw VIVE’s second weekly developer live stream, “Build for Tomorrow – VIVE Hand Tracking SDK.”.
Cats and VR
JUNE 19, 2016
In any case, before then, he had set up VPL Research – an organization which spearheaded research into virtual reality and 3D illustrations which likewise sold the intitail virtual reality apparatus, for example, virtual reality glasses, data gloves and later, the full data suit. It is hard to state with any assurance who the father of virtual reality is, as like any new creation it draws upon a wide range of sources and impacts, including several women innovators.
Cats and VR
MAY 7, 2016
The Manus is the first consumer data-glove specifically designed for virtual reality. It tracks hand movement using a combination of high-tech sensors all contained inside the glove. 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.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
MAY 13, 2017
Underkoffler has been trying to make the vision of the 2002 film Minority Report , where actor Tom Cruise uses “data gloves” and gestures to control a transparent computer, into a reality. 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.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JUNE 30, 2017
That physicality is something you don’t get from data gloves, or vision based inputs without any device, and that feeling can then be fine-tuned with haptic feedback. Plus, you’re not passing around a sweaty data glove between your friends. There’s a possibility for gestural movements to call functions and navigate dense data; there could be an entire language built out of using your hands to manipulate paint brushes and pencils and sizes and colors.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 10, 2019
When talking with Sullivan, he informed me that the HoloLens 2 does have the capability of giving users a digital haptic experience through third-party devices such as BeBops Sensors Forte Data Glove. . Just one afternoon with the mixed reality headset and I’m already in love. It’s finally here! Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 has officially begun shipping to pre-order customers at the cost of $3,500.
Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Hand tracking has always been one of those options that sound nice in principle, but would you actually pay for it, adding a Leap Motion device or something a little more extravagant like a data glove? There were several announcements at Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) this year that could have taken the top spot.
VRScout
AUGUST 14, 2016
On his desk, a VR headset and glove. Donning his headset and glove, he inspects his hands and shows off the full range of functions that the glove provides. Bearing physical similarities to other 90’s data gloves, he is given full hand and finger tracking as well as gesture control of the user interface. Pegasus flying out of a giant, red, spinning asterisk. Known as the Star of Affinity, this asterisk is the iconic logo of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Veative
JULY 17, 2018
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. Teachers can track student understanding of the topics being taught, using analytics and the reporting of student data from within the VR environment.
Leapmotion
JULY 11, 2019
He had experience building homebrew data gloves and mocap systems for years before discovering Leap Motion. Building the world’s most advanced augmented reality headset isn’t exactly for beginners. But at the world’s first #BuildYourNorthStar workshop, over 20 participants built their own open-source Project North Star headsets in just 48 hours – using components now available to everyone. The workshop took place in Sunnyvale, CA, just after AWE. It was hosted by Polaris AR.
The Ghost Howls
DECEMBER 26, 2018
So, we are not only talking about manufacturing headsets but also about innovating the technologies for what concerns chips, screens, UX, 3D modeling, motion capture, data processing, positional tracking, localization, etc… Regarding headsets, the ministry clearly sets the goals: 30 PPD (Pixels Per Degree) 100Hz+ refresh-rate Varifocal/multifocal display , to solve the vergence-accommodation issue Micro-displays (OLED or LCD) , or light-field display A thin and light device.
Peter Graham
JANUARY 20, 2020
Outside of gaming companies are developing new tactile solutions giving users even greater sensory feedback, one of which is HaptX and its microfluidic gloves. HaptX partnered the gloves with an HTC Vive Pro and a very basic VR demo involving a farmyard scene.
Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
One of the biggest names in the VR data glove field is Manus VR, and VRFocus recently got to test its new flagship product, Manus Prime Haptic. In its current line-up the company has four products for various use cases, starting with the entry-level Manus Prime One for basic finger tracking, the Manus Prime Xsens; designed for integration into an Xsens motion capture suit, the OptiTrack Hybrid Gloves for use with Optitrack systems and finally the Manus Prime Haptic.
VeeR VR
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
They created many VR devices including, the Data Glove, the EyePhone, and the Audio Sphere. When they licensed the data glove to Mattel to create the Power Glove, this is one of the first instances of an affordable VR device that was readily available to the general public, costing just $75 USD. . Data glove and high-resolution goggles were used to view the experience.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 12, 2019
One of the most interesting encounters I had in my trip to Beijing has been with Dexta Robotics , the company behind the Dexmo force-feedback glove s. So, here you are a very long deep dive into Dexmo gloves and my experience with them. Making a Chinese heart with my hands while wearing Dexta Robotics’s Dexmo Gloves. Just look at the gloves and not at my face: I seem an idiot in this photo… Dexta Robotics. Features of Dexmo gloves (Image by Dexta Robotics).
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