Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2023

Gibby Presents Gibby Zobel is an English-born journalist, filmmaker and radio broadcaster. Haptic vests and physical items like a gun can add to the experience, as can extras like fans, heaters, water spray and hydraulics. ” “I liked the haptic suit and the feedback on the gun. But it very nearly didn’t happen.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2018

Could one of these intuitive prototypes deliver the immersive haptic feedback users have been clamoring for? . With a Haptic Link attached, simply move your arms into the position of holding a two-handed weapon and the intuitive device immediately locks in place, giving the realistic sensation of holding one large weapon.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. Or some haptic accessories?). I send you good vibes so things go well for you too!

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2023

There were, of course, some notable VR-first devices presented: Lenovo announced their new ThinkReality VRX headset , which is now available for purchase ($1,299). ThinkReality VRX HTC presented their modular HTC Vive XR Elite ($1,099) for which they had won a “Best Headworn Device” award.

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VRScout

MAY 8, 2023

Credit: Romain Nith JumpMod detects when a user jumps using an HTC VR headset and HTC’s lighthouse V2 tracking system and calculates the user’s jump sequence based on their height and descent. The system then estimates your weight’s movement in relation to your jump phase to provide a more accurate and authentic experience.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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VRScout

MAY 15, 2021

This might be the strangest haptic feedback device we’ve seen yet. Presented earlier this week during the 2021 Computer-Human Interaction conference, HairTouch, as it’s referred to by the team, features a unique, albeit complex design.

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VRScout

JULY 27, 2020

In addition to VR, several departments have begun incorporating various haptic technology to enhance their training experiences, such as special suits that emit heat based on the virtual training and nozzle systems that match what you see in VR to create realistic force feedback.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC new products may be the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3. According to a leak discovered by Protocol, HTC may launch two headsets tomorrow at Vivecon: The Vive Pro 2, a premium PC VR headset, priced at €842 ($1,012) The Vive Focus 3 Business Edition, a business-oriented standalone, for €1,474 ($1,771).

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

Brain-computer interface systems like Neurable’s VR game Awakening uses an electrode-laden headband, connected to an HTC Vive HMD, to track brain activity. As new haptic and biometric sensory technologies become more refined, more sophisticated interfaces will begin to emerge. . Brain-Computer Interfaces.

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2016

So far, the most you would feel from a modern consumer VR system, like the HTC Vive, is vibration through a controller. Then I tried the other experience with a different suit running on the HTC Vive (an unnamed demo for show purposes) and it did actually impress me with how real some of it felt. The Synesthesia Suit exhibit.

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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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VRScout

MAY 20, 2020

To bring that sliver of history to life, the team at MWM used an HTC Vive headset along with a life-sized studio set complete with creaking doors, vibrating floors, artificial heat designed to emulate the feel of nearby explosions, and an actual trench that you physically walked through.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in a blank environment—and Oculus accepted it. Apple patents suggest AR Smartglasses will use head-worn haptics to guide user attention. Guess who’s number #19 on HTC Vive’s list of its Top 100 VR Influencers?

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

Some of the exhibitors who will present new devices and technologies to the public are 8th Wall, Nreal, Unity, Unreal Engine, Pico Interactive, Atheer, Holoptic, Varjo, Cleanbox Technology, LetinAR, and Vuzix. We start our list of XR events in 2021 with AWE Asia because of the sheer size of the opportunities to explore and network.

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VRScout

MAY 2, 2017

I began by strapping a haptic feedback vest to my chest as well as two Vive controllers to my wrists. Mapped over the virtual tree presented in the experience, I was able to physically place my hands on its base and stick my head into a small hole at the bottom of the trunk.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

At his keynote last year, Swart presented Snapdragon Spaces and introduced the first two recipients of Qualcomm Ventures’ metaverse-funded companies. Nreal hasn’t been a keynote presenter in the years that ARPost has covered AWE. First off, a number of haptics pioneers will be there including Haptx , bHaptics , and SenseGlove.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2020

This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. Canada, and U.K. UCLH in the U.K. and Sana in Germany. Image Credit: Getty Images / FundamentalVR.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2022

Pancake optics are included here too—a design element which Huawei and Pico have used in their respective prototype headsets, and which HTC has used to slim down its Vive Flow standalone headset. Image courtesy Shiftall. Shiftall says those are also Kopin-made pancake optics, in case you were wondering.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. HaptX announces the new generation of its haptic gloves. Dubbed HaptX G1, they are much smaller and cheaper than the previous version, and so present an important evolution for all the haptics space.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. Perhaps more like 60fps or 45fps with reprojection to 90hz?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset has some wholly unique capabilities not seen on other consumer VR headsets, like eye-tracking, head-haptics, and adaptive triggers. However, Vive XR Elite’s $1,100 price-point put it more in line with Meta’s Quest Pro which was initially priced at $1,500 before Meta undercut HTC by dropping it to $1,000.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

I was anyway a bit puzzled for the context of this announcement: I mean if it was so important, why was it mentioned by chance during a presentation by Qualcomm in a non-relevant event? Meta shows its work on haptic gloves. Now the design has been used also by other companies, like HTC that has just launched its Vive Flow headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. One is the high cost: HTC markets it as a consumer device, but at that price, not many consumers are going to buy it, so it will be a prosumer one.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Making use of an HTC Vive headset for visuals, Vobling outfitted the Carl Gustaf launcher with a Vive Tracker to allow the weapon to be used as a prop within the VR experience. SEE ALSO HapTech is Aiming its Electromagnetic Haptics at Military VR Training. pic.twitter.com/qBMKYr01Ca. — Saab AB (@Saab) September 13, 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. HTC released a trailer about his vision for the metaverse.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2017

Now, they’re looking to freshen up the image of their out of home entertainment business by opening dedicated VR Arcades, complete with seated motion platforms and HTC Vive virtual reality powered experiences. Image courtesy | Bandai Namco / Nintendo.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 22, 2020

This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. Student surgeons are seeing their studies interrupted as hospitals are reserved for essential care Click To Tweet.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2020

Before I could begin my journey of helping these fine townsfolk regain their love and compassion, however, I first had to be properly outfitted with a variety of haptic accessories that would bring the experience to life. We’ve seen live actors play a part in VR experiences before (see The Under Presents ).

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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. You can have haptic feedback.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. To these, you have to add the companies that are already competing, like for instance HTC or HP. No one can compete now.

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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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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2022

– Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache: A VR Experience Meta, ARTE France, BFI; Archer’s Mark, Atlas V – On The Morning You Wake (To the End of the World) Schell Games – Lost Recipes SENSORIUM – Out-of-This-World Experiences The MetaMovie – The MetaMovie Presents: Alien Rescue YORD – LifeboardVR | YORD.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

To ensure the experience is immersive and realistic, virtual reality systems leverage a combination of infrared LEDs and motion sensors, cameras, and screens, which allow a headset to gather relevant information and present it to the human eye. Some simulators even use haptic feedback to give you the feel of being in a vehicle.

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