VRScout

JUNE 4, 2020

Haptic feedback is an awesome addition to any VR experience, whether it be the feeling of two swords clashing in Blade & Sorcery or the rumble of a violent explosion in Half-Life: Alyx. It’s an important part of how modern VR hardware immerses you in experiences by allowing you to “feel” the virtual world around you.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

HaptX opened on Tuesday preorders of its Gloves G1, an enterprise-grade haptic device for $4,500 per pair – a decrease in cost compared to previous models. Jake Rubin, Founder and CEO of HaptX , believes that haptics are the cornerstone of next-generation human-machine interface (HMI) technologies.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

Today, workplace professionals are leveraging haptic glove devices to suit necessary use cases such as training, virtual prototyping, marketing, and entertainment. What haptic gloves provide is an evolution from a traditional XR controller input with a joystick. What are Haptic Gloves?

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Meta is rebranding its Quest software platform to Meta Horizon OS, and opening it up to third-party headset makers. They'll have access to the same core software and platform services as Meta Quest headsets, including Meta's tracking and mixed reality technology and store. As with Quest headsets, using them will require a Meta account.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Disclaimer I’m opinionated and loud about Haptics. I'm also host of the Haptics Club and board member of Haptics Industry Forum. Summary: A major upside for the haptics market is locked in the impact of haptics on usages, today unknown. Haptics is hard, everyone says that. No, it is not.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2021

Facebook today revealed some of its latest research and vision for a wrist-worn input device that the company expects to form the basis of AR and VR interactions and haptics in the future. ” Always-on Haptics. To that end, the company has been experimenting with different types of haptic technologies for the wrist.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 12, 2019

With a development journey starting way back in 2014, Dexta’s Dexmo haptic force-feedback VR gloves have come a very long way. Haptics come in the form of vibrators (LRAs); there’s one in each finger and two in the palm section in the glove. Dexmo gloves (Vive Tracker not attached in this photo) | Photo by Road to VR.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The paper details a ‘Haptic Chair’ that extends feedback beyond what you’ll get with position-tracked controllers like Oculus Touch and the Vive wands. A haptic playback and authoring plugin for Unity allows filmmakers to tailor feedback to their experience. Currently the system can produce five effects.

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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 25, 2017

Hardlight VR is a new haptic suit from Nullspace VR that launched its Kickstarter last week. We wrote recently about Nullspace VR’s haptic suit project Hardlight VR and the team’s intent to bring the product to Kickstarter.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Haptic feedback is essential in bringing player’s hands into VR worlds. The company is today announcing TouchSense Force, a combination of development software and hardware that it hopes will enhance haptic feedback in both existing game controllers and new devices to make for better VR experiences and other content.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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. Have you ever wondered, “How does virtual reality work?”

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

When it comes to XR hardware, headsets tend to get most of the hype. The company also makes haptic gloves for adding an extra layer of immersion to VR experiences. Right now, some of these products have limited out-of-the-box utility, but integrations with experiences, software, and hardware platforms are expanding all the time.

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VRScout

JULY 1, 2021

Russian state corporation Roscosmos reveals a prototype of its new VR headset, announces additional hardware for 2021. This past February, Roscosmos, a state corporation of the Russian Federation specializing in space flight, announced that it was in production of consumer-focused VR hardware. Image Credit: Roscosmos.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2023

From cutting-edge hardware to new, groundbreaking technology and software solutions, this year had it all. Just like with the metaverse last year, AI became a new hot topic, but in terms of hardware, the spotlight was clearly on AR. Many software providers were experimenting with AR as well. digital clothing.

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HaptX

OCTOBER 26, 2021

-sur-Ouette, France, October 27, 2021 – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic gloves for VR and robotics, today announced a multi-year, exclusive partnership with Haption, the France-based producer of premium force feedback devices, to accelerate the commercial introduction of full-body haptic devices. HaptX Gloves DK2.

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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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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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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2023

Improved hardware Similar to Quest 2 and Quest Pro, Quest 3 is a standalone VR device, meaning no additional hardware is required in order to operate. These new controllers feature an improved ergonomic form factor and TruTouch haptics for more realistic feedback. Credit: Meta But that’s not all.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Senso is a new virtual reality glove input device that offers per-finger haptic feedback and the ability to simulate differences in temperature – all tracked via a camera-less IMU-based system. The post Senso is a VR Input Glove With Per-finger Haptics and Simulated Temperature appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2024

There are a ton of uncertainties now, but it seems Meta is looking to out-Google Google with its recent move to provide software to OEMs like Google does with its Android mobile platform, and Google may not be able to catch up anytime soon. Imagine one for exercise that extra-light, sweat-wicking materials.

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VRScout

MARCH 22, 2019

Manus VR, best known for their cutting-edge haptic feedback VR gloves , have been using their proprietary tech in a variety of fields for years, influencing everything from motion capture and automobile production, to immersive gaming and healthcare. With our experience in virtual reality we feel like we can make a difference.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Thanks to the improvements in haptics , depth of field, and other factors, users can feel that they are actually interacting with real-life objects. Ultraleap (previously Leap Motion), a company focused on developing haptics technology for the immersive experiences industry, has recently launched Gemini.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

is an R&D lab company that provides technology solutions for new form factors, haptics and develops new ways to connect electronic devices. At this moment is the largest shareholder in Titan Haptics. What is Titan Haptics? Titan haptics use just one moving part that allows the user to move an object and feel actual controls.

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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. As ambitious and captivating the early prototypes may be, a hardware platform can only be as good as its software base though—and that’s where NVIDIA’s PhysX comes in.

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Steki Amusement

JUNE 16, 2022

Our software is too. Our software uses the images to generate a virtual model of your hand movements. Our software makes digital interaction human. World-leading Hand Tracking and Haptics Technology. Haptics technology is one you can feel. The world’s most advanced hand tracking. This is just the start.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

HTC has now opened applications to its latest Vive X accelerator, the company’s $100 million program which aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing both software and hardware developers the right tools, expertise, and investment. SEE ALSO Valve VR Dev is "Dying to share all the exciting things" in Development.

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VRScout

MARCH 13, 2019

Whether it be remote telerobotics with real-time interactivity, or realistic touch in car design , it seems as though the advanced haptic glove is finding a home in just about every field, including healthcare. The healthcare industry is at the forefront of this shift, and it’s set to be transformed by advancements in VR and haptics.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2022

As first reported by TweakTown , Sony has shipped 2,374 cartons containing “DEVELOPMENT KIT[s] FOR INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE,” starting back in October 2021. Platform holders like Sony typically distribute dev kits to a handful of select studios months before launch so they can properly target the new hardware.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 23, 2023

Today, countless new companies are emerging to produce ever-more impressive virtual reality headsets and software experiences. Source: ARRIS Composites ) The VR software market is expected to grow to $25.32 billion by 2026: Between 2021 and 2022, the VR software market worldwide grew from a value of $7.8 billion to $9.98

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

RealWear Exploring various aspects of the immersive technology landscape, RealWear produces sensors, apps, and hardware for the XR space. Meta’s headsets are ergonomically friendly and flexible, offering users the opportunity to tap into a variety of software solutions and apps through the Quest store.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Leap Motion, the optical hand-tracking firm, was acquired by Bristol, UK-based haptics company Ultrahaptics earlier this year. Before the acquisition of Leap Motion and the subsequent rebranding, Ultrahaptics was best known for its mid-air haptic technology which uses ultrasound to project tactile sensations onto users’ hands.

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Upload VR

APRIL 25, 2024

If you somehow missed the big Meta news this week: Horizon OS is the new name for the Quest system software, which Meta will also make available to third-party headset makers, starting with ASUS, Lenovo, and potentially LG too. A headset "fully optimized for gaming with support for all kinds of different peripherals and haptics."

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VRScout

JANUARY 11, 2022

This includes everything from hardware to software-based solutions. The recently-announced PlayStation VR2 , for example, is confirmed to have built-in headset-based haptics. According to a new study, however, the answer may be a lot simpler than we imagined. Physically-active VR games can make some players feel uneasy.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations. I hoped that the setup of SenseGlove gloves could have been a bit easier , but being a development kit of experimental hardware, it is not strange that it requires some time. As you can see, the hardware setup is not plug and play.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 11, 2023

The model builds upon the VR functionalities of past Meta hardware by introducing mixed reality (MR) passthrough features. While older, the firm released the Meta Quest 2 in October 2020, the sophomore product is very popular, still topping Steam’s list of VR hardware.

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