VRScout

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

His company is now on a mission to bring those peer-to-peer visual and tactile connections to the platform they’re building with BaDoinkVR – a virtual reality adult entertainment production company that offers paid subscription services that showcase both 180 and 360-degree immersive videos featuring motion tracking and binaural audio.

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ARVR

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Haptics club is an Open community about #Haptics. It requires a lot of precision regarding mechanics, audio, and haptics so that all these factors are seamlessly working together to create a smooth experience. The development of the game strongly relies on haptic feedback. Do you want to listen to the full podcast ?

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ARVR

MAY 19, 2021

The x40 haptic vest provides an increased immersion in many games. The haptic feedback of the x40 vest works with 40 small vibration motors that can be controlled in different strengths and combinations. VR games without native or mod support You want to play VR games without native support or mods with haptic feedback enabled?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tactical Haptics’ newly developed haptic controller prototype uses mechanical sockets that allow them to be mated in different configurations on-the-fly, in order to match a particular virtual interaction more closely than standard VR motion controllers. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics.

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VRScout

APRIL 22, 2021

UNCONTAINED features advanced haptics and COVID safety protocols to offer a one-of-a-kind LBVR solution. Select experiences even featured smell and temperature haptics. During gameplay, you’ll experience a wide range of haptic feedback. Image Credit: Immersive Tech.

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VRScout

MARCH 18, 2021

PS5 VR users can look forward to improvements such as adaptive triggers, finger-touch detection, and haptic feedback, just to name a few. Image Credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment. Similar to the Oculus Touch controller, each PS5 VR controller features a conventional analog stick, trigger, and grip button.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Of course, not much has happened in the VR field in these days, because most VR companies are in vacations, and VR journalists are not writing many posts as well (in these days, we just see a lot of fluff articles like “The best 25 games for Oculus Quest” and things like that). Oculus Link official cable is available and sold out.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The industry legend gives his thoughts on VR, AR, location-based entertainment, and more. Last week industry legend and current Oculus VR CTO John Carmack sat down with stand-up comedian and podcast icon Joe Rogan for Episode #1342 of the immensely popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

The attraction, which currently offers a Terminator Salvation VR experience for up to four players, is the now the face of the theater’s effort to expand its entertainment offerings beyond films. In the pre-mission setup phase, players are outfitted with a VR backpack PC, haptic vest, hand and foot trackers, and a VR gun peripheral.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2017

Back in the more demure B2B area, only accessible to trade visitors and press, was bHaptics, a Korean startup that recently joined HTC’s Vive X Accelerator Program specializing in actuator-based haptic devices, all of which ideally fit together to create a greater sense of immersion for VR games and experiences.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tactical Haptics is debuting it's newly developed reconfigurable haptic controllers and new game content at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And as expected with our haptic controllers, the player can feel the heft of each piece of the turret as well as the snap as the turret pieces are assembled into place (see image).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2022

I imagine the entire days of brainstorming at Sony Interactive Entertainment with people discussing how to call the headset that would have come after the PlayStation VR 1, until someone came with the unexpected genius idea of calling it PlayStation VR 2. The innovative controllers of the PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2020

A “location-first” mentality is leading to a whole new wave of location-based immersive entertainment. So how does VR play into this then, when the assumption is it either requires us to be hardwired into a gaming PC or safely contained within the strict four walls of our Oculus Quest guardian boundaries?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. We’ve come a long way since Oculus’ consumer product. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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ARPost

AUGUST 19, 2020

They will use a high-resolution video feed, haptic motion, and stereoscopic computer-generated elements to provide an immersive virtual experience. In such tough times, VR enables artists like Ceraadi to entertain people through music in never-before-seen ways. Download the free AmazeVR app on the Oculus Store or Steam.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

At certain points the actor would even make physical contact, using me as a human shield against waves of devastating fireballs brought to life via temperature haptics attached to my hands. ” To get started download VRChat on your SteamVR or Oculus Rift PC VR headset and book a slot between now and November 4th.

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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2017

Oculus’ annual developer conference is back—Connect 4 will be hosted on October 11th and 12th in San Jose, California at the McEnery Convention Center. Check out the official Oculus Connect 4 website to apply for registration. Come for practical problem solving, best practices, workflows, and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). There I have tried some interesting devices like Weart haptic gloves, OWO haptic suit, but especially the Magic Leap 2, which I found to be a very well-made piece of hardware! In the latest Oculus SDK, Meta has included Room Setup functionalities. Top news of the week. Learn more.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2021

Since VR devices are becoming more sleek and easy to use, while delivering exceptional audio/video and haptics experiences, consumers feel more comfortable wearing them. In the future, fans may attend virtual concerts, movie premieres, or other entertainment events. See Also: Live AR for Broadcasts and Training. “I

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ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

Immersive experiences are in greater demand in all fields: for home entertainment, for training in various industries, and for retail and marketing. Not only does it speed up XR development, but it also removes compatibility issues, without affecting the quality of graphics, haptics, and other game interactions. Leap Motion.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector. If 2018 is remembered for anything, it’ll be for the multiple high-quality animated VR films released throughout the year.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Experience of the Year.

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2019

Leap Motion, the pioneer in optical hand-tracking, has been acquired by Ultrahaptics, the enterprise-focused immersive haptics company. SEE ALSO Tactical Haptics to Open Pre-orders for 'Reactive Grip' Dev Kits on May 29th. According to the Wall Street Journal , Ultrahaptics reportedly acquired Leap Motion for approximately $30 million.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. OWO Haptic Vest (Image by OWO). Oculus Quest 2 ) to know the pose of the fingers.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 2, 2020

What has changed is the addition of greater hardware support including Oculus Quest and glove features, with haptics now available. The company actually revealed the addition of Oculus Quest a couple of months back but CES 2020 will be used to officially announced the haptic feedback Forte Data Glove version.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

Between the $299 Oculus Quest, the death of the movie theater, and the COVID stigma on shared headsets, you’d think we wouldn’t be hearing much about this right now. Virtuix Announces $100,000 Prize Pool for VR Esports Contests at Family Entertainment Centers. But the stories this week bring up three of our favorite topics.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 8, 2019

2019 has been a big year for virtual reality (VR) hardware, with the launch of Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive Cosmos, HP Reverb and Valve Index, giving customers plenty of choices. A big part of the announcement focused on the new controllers, updating the current DualShock 4 device with haptics and adaptive triggers.

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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. You’ve got things like haptic suits, haptic gloves. Let’s start at something crazy; haptic suits.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The concept captured the world’s attention after introducing VR headsets for gaming and entertainment. In 2012, the first Oculus Rift emerged, triggering a burst of excitement followed by relative silence from consumers. Recently, new virtual reality guides have helped many navigate the expanding world of immersive tech.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Finally, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the design of the PlayStation VR 2 headset. Feature-wise, it is more or less as we expected it to be, with four cameras for inside-out tracking, haptic feedback, IPD adjustment , eye-tracking, HDR display. Top news of the week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2016

If anyone could take my mind off the missing-in-action Palmer Luckey at the Oculus Connect conference, it was Michael Abrash, chief scientist of Oculus, the maker of the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift. That is exactly what Oculus needed to do after Luckey angered many developers.

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VRScout

JULY 15, 2019

James Murdoch has reportedly invested $20M in location-based entertainment. Combining the immersive capabilities of VR with physical obstacles and the latest in haptic technology, The VOID has quickly become one of the leading providers of location-based immersive entertainment.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

Some of the very first mainstream examples of augmented and virtual reality were delivered directly to the entertainment world, and many were met with significant levels of demand. For instance, the Oculus Quest 2, one of the world’s top gaming headsets, sold 15 million units after 20 months on the market, even during a pandemic.

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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2018

Watch the host of Viceland’s ‘Most Expensivest’ go hands on with a 12-minute VR movie with haptic feedback. After only one seaosn the eccentric entertainer has pet $165,000 kittens, drank a $100,000 bottle of water, inhaled $10,000 air in a can, and eaten $500 gold-coated popcorn.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift. Entertainment: Many of the initial innovations in VR began with entertainment and the video game sector.

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