VRScout

APRIL 4, 2018

The creator of Second Life looks to bring realistic haptic feedback to the budding VR platform. Referred to by High Fidelity as a “virtual skin,” the Exoskin is a haptic jacket capable of simulating the sensation touch while in VR. Photo courtesy of Venture Beat. Photo courtesy of Venture Beat.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Exploring the concept of ‘haptic shape illusion’, the controllers have data-driven, precise mass properties, aiming to simulate the same feeling in the hand as the larger objects on which they are based. Simulating the feel of real objects is a fundamental haptics challenge in VR. Image courtesy Fujinawa et al.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2020

After 7 months of beta testing, Interhaptics just released its most ambitious project to date: a mixed reality development suite for deploying haptics across platforms for both head-mounted displays and mobile devices. When designers leave out haptics, they force their users to suffer fatigue,” he says.

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ARVR

JULY 19, 2021

On Thursday, May 27th, key players from the haptics, hand tracking, and VR training industries gathered to discuss the scaling of haptics in VR training applications. It addressed how a company can leverage haptic technology across all their virtual training scenarios thanks to Interhaptics and Innoactive technologies.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

NullSpace VR are poised to launch a new haptic vest focused toward immersive, virtual reality gaming, via Kickstarter soon. The Hardlight suit integrates 16 haptic pads that allow you to feel directional impact linked to actions inside the VR experience.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

RGB Haptics is a new Unity-based tool that aims to make it easier for developers to create and implement haptic effects in VR games. Used correctly, haptics make VR games more playable and immersive. Here’s a rundown of the features, according to RGB Schemes: Raw waveform and audio file support across all types of haptics.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The level of haptic fidelity this delivers blew me away in my hands-on time with Quest Pro. Meta says the VCM in the handle enables “the most complex and realistic haptic effects we’ve ever had via their ability to play audio like PCM data” A new feature not mentioned at all in the keynote is index finger tracking.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2022

Now as Q4 winds down, we continue the tradition with a critical mass of milestones for a VR data roundup. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Report Card Jumping in, we’ve aggregated Q4 data points and milestones for this week’s Data Dive (announcements happened in Q4, though some track prior-period activity).

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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. After trying the prototype for myself, I came away impressed with the tech.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In a new exclusive interview with Wired , the company further revealed that not only is PlayStation 5 slated to arrive holiday season 2020, but that an improved gamepad with better haptic feedback and “adaptive triggers” will come along with it. SEE ALSO Sony Announces 4.2 Million PlayStation VR Units Sold.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The self-sensing material forms to a user’s body, providing next-level haptic feedback. Referred to as “Closed-Loop Haptic Feedback Control Using a Self-Sensing Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin,” the device is composed of a stretchable material only 500 nanometers thick, allowing it to form to a users body.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

The software analyzes the data to figure out what should be happening in a game. As new haptic and biometric sensory technologies become more refined, more sophisticated interfaces will begin to emerge. . As new haptic and biometric sensory technologies become more refined, more sophisticated interfaces will begin to emerge. .

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HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

She says haptic gloves, like those from HaptX, will be the bridge to make VR useful for an audience beyond gamers. “We Haptic Gloves for Data Visualization. Haptic Gloves for Data Visualization. It helps you understand data in a more intuitive way,” she says. “The Bringing Haptic Gloves to Games.

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ARPost

JANUARY 20, 2021

While we traditionally use keyboard strokes or voice commands to tap into massive data, virtual reality can make us understand information in refreshing ways. Let’s take a look at how VR can enhance communication and collaboration through data visualization, language learning, and the creation of common spaces. Data Visualization .

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2016

AxonVR , the company currently working on a full-body haptic solution for VR, are on their way to bringing their technology to an ever-widening audience. “At its heart, haptic simulation comes down to physics. Objects don’t just have to look right. Only a few short months later, the company announced the closure of a $5.8

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2019

Haptic feedback on the HaptX gloves / Image Credit: HaptX. One partnership in particular has resulted in what the developers claim to be the first haptic telerobotic system that allows users to control a robotic arm remotely from anywhere in the world. As the hand touches an object, tactile sensors detect the haptic information.

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Steki Amusement

JUNE 16, 2022

Every time they do this the cameras send data back to the computer to track your hands. World-leading Hand Tracking and Haptics Technology. Haptics technology is one you can feel. Our groundbreaking haptic technology uses ultrasound waves to create tactile sensations in mid-air. This is just the start. 3rd Floor, No.1

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2018

Welcome to our third day of CES 2018 coverage: Viveport gets VR previews, we go hands-on with Tactical Haptics’ latest prototype, Vive Pro to come with ‘refreshed’ controllers but not ‘Knuckles’, and TPCast brings wireless tech to Windows Mixed Reality. Viveport Receives Radical Redesign. image courtesy HTC.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Renaissance of Haptics It was hard to ignore the sheer volume of haptic-related products at AWE. I did not expect haptics to have such a strong showing and was positively taken aback. Among newer entrants, SenseGlove was celebrating their €3.25M Series A funding with a newly updated Nova 2 haptic glove.

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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. What has changed is the addition of greater hardware support including Oculus Quest and glove features, with haptics now available.

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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. At first glance, the Manus Prime Haptic gloves look a bit unwieldy with cables running along the fingers and Vive Tracker on the back of each glove. Then it came to the haptics.

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Charlie Fink

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The fund will be used to finance production and marketing of the company's high-end XR gloves.

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VRScout

MARCH 13, 2022

Holoride partnered with a company called Terranet to utilize VoxelFlow, a system of sensors that captures movement data and transates it into gameplay in real-time. This means no two in-car VR experiences will ever be exactly the same. So, how exactly does this system work? Image Credit: Holoride.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The HaptX Glove that was shown at Sundance was one of the most convincing haptics experiences that I’ve had in VR. While it was still primitive, I was able to grab a virtual object in VR, and for the first time have enough haptic feedback to convince my brain that I was actually grabbing something. Jake Rubin.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

” Manus VR, best known for its line of haptic VR gloves , today revealed the Manus Pro Tracker, a new tracking solution for the SteamVR platform aimed specifically at professional creators working in motion capture, virtual production, and VR.

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Upload VR

APRIL 15, 2024

XrUuid (promoted from XR_EXT_uuid), a data type to hold a universally unique identifier. Grip Surface (promoted from XR_EXT_palm_pose), a pose that "allows applications to reliably render a virtual object held in the user’s hand, whether it is tracked directly or by a motion controller". Khronos says OpenXR 1.1 Khronos says OpenXR 1.1

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2022

Here’s the relevant data from TweakTown , sourced from import/export firm Import Genius and confirmed with Seair Exim Solutions : January 2022 – 434 CTN (cartons), 4730 kg, Japan -> Oakland, CA.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 20, 2019

While that might be a long way off, if you want full-body haptic feedback then Teslasuit is one of the few products to make that reality seem ever closer. The collaboration will allow licensees to take advantage of Teslasuit’s features, integrating full-body haptic feedback and physical sensation into their projects.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2023

She told me that the jacket was a haptic device that was custom-made by her. Me wearing the haptic jacket at the booth of the experience The experience started with something that resembled a point cloud scanned from an office where Chloé was sitting down on a chair. In the end, it makes sense. Or more connected.

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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2021

By employing a unique combination of haptic technology and hardware-agnostic software, Fundamental Surgery is able to deliver a genuine sense of touch when performing key surgical actions, interacting with specific medical tools, and operating on different tissue variants.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Teslasuit today announced the latest addition to its growing line-up of VR-focused haptic accessories, the Teslasuit Glove. Available to demo next month during CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, these advanced VR gloves allow users to “feel” digital objects in VR thanks to a combination of haptic and force feedback technology.

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MAY 19, 2021

The device clips to your belt, sends data over to an included Bluetooth dongle, and essentially eliminates thumbstick-based locomotion. It contributes to the overall posture of your in-game character and will send haptic feedback when you get hit.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Blockchain is a data storage and sharing system based on a distributed ledger, where each record or block stores a unit of data. Using cryptography, the blocks are interconnected to provide safe data transfer in environments such as the Metaverse. Non Fungible Token (NFTs). The Nakaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

One of the most interesting announcements of last week has been the release of the HaptX Gloves DK2 , one of the most interesting haptic gloves for VR. I am very intrigued by these gloves that can provide quasi-realistic haptic sensations to the hands of the user s and that have been praised by all XR journalists.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 15, 2019

At South by Southwest, Tech Trends checks out the haptic suit that promises to take immersion to the next level. . It is, according to the company, “the world’s first highly integrated smart clothing apparel that includes haptic feedback, motion capture, climate control, and other systems”. By Laura Kobylecky.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 11, 2022

FundamentalVR says it combines high-fidelity medical simulations with VR and haptics so that trainees can “experience the sights, sounds, and physical sensations of real-life surgery.” As part of the investment, Drew Burdon of EQT Life Sciences will join FundamentalVR’s Board of Directors.

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AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Funding Roundup: Tactical Haptics Raises $2.2M, nDreams Raises $2.5M, Oculus Acquires Computer Vision company Zurich Eye & HTC Unveils a $1.5B Fund 1) Tactical Haptics announced that it raised $2.2M–roughly roughly $1.5M from private investors and $749,000 in a grant from the U.S. Read more on UploadVR.

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