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Developing Better Haptics With Interhaptics

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When you think about “haptics,” particularly in the sense of extended reality , you probably think about hardware and wearables that let you interact with and feel your environment. Haptics require hardware but they also require software. The other product is an “interaction builder” for creating gesture controls.

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Oculus Touch vs. HTC Vive – Which Is The Better VR.

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Oculus Touch vs. HTC Vive – Which Is The Better VR Controller? Before we get started, let me make something perfectly clear: what is about to follow is an opinion I have formed after spending considerable time with both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift’s hand tracking solutions for virtual reality.

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How does Virtual Reality Work? The Ultimate Guide

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How can the right combination of hardware and software instantly transport us into a new world? Using a combination of hardware and software, VR solutions replace our real-world view with a computer-generated alternative. Now, innovators have transformed virtual reality experiences with low-latency software and upgraded hardware.

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Vive China Hackathon Reveals VR Sword Fighting Robot And Exoskeletons

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Over the past week 18 developers have been going head-to-head in a huge HTC Vive hackathon in Shanghai, China. Some interesting new VR experiences both in terms of hardware and software. GouGames, meanwhile, won ¥10,000 (about $1476) in the Application category with a gesture-controlled 4D arcade experience.

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Varjo’s New Generation of XR and VR Headsets: Do We Need Them?

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The existing models were already top of the class, but the announcement comes amid similar announcements from Pico and Oculus, and hardware updates from VIVE. HTC VIVE Cosmos Playing the Long Game. HTC’s VIVE is another major Varjo competitor at this level of play. Varjo VR-3 and XR-3 Shipping Now. HP Reverb G2.

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Varjo’s New Generation of XR and VR Headsets: Do We Need Them?

ARPost

The existing models were already top of the class, but the announcement comes amid similar announcements from Pico and Oculus, and hardware updates from VIVE. HTC VIVE Cosmos Playing the Long Game. HTC’s VIVE is another major Varjo competitor at this level of play. Varjo VR-3 and XR-3 Shipping Now. HP Reverb G2.

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Neurable Lets You Control A Virtual World With Your Mind

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At SIGGRAPH this week the Boston-based startup is showing its modified HTC Vive which include EEG ( Electroencephalography ) sensors along the interior of the headstrap. I’ve used my eyes to interact with a virtual world before, but startup Neurable just enhanced that experience by reading my thoughts too.