Peter Graham

AUGUST 8, 2019

Traditional haptic devices like the current crop of motion controllers for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have a basic rumble feature, ensuring players feel more of a connection to the experience there playing. Also on the glove front is the Manus Prime Haptic , the company’s flagship enterprise product which retails for €5000 EUR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2023

Haptic vests and physical items like a gun can add to the experience, as can extras like fans, heaters, water spray and hydraulics. “With a nationwide lockdown and all our retail locations mandated to close, our revenue plummeted by 100%. ” “I liked the haptic suit and the feedback on the gun. Some survived.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2018

Lowe’s, a major North American retailer of home improvement goods, has dreamt up an interesting in-store use of VR. Using an HTC Vive and a specially made controller, the ‘Holoroom Test Drive’ allows anyone timid around power tools to put on a VR headset to learn how to use the tools in a safe virtual space.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 3, 2023

The product combines hand tracking with haptic feedback to give the user a more hands-on approach to interacting with the virtual environment around them. Battery life is around two hours with haptics on and eight hours with it turned off. The firm puts the final retail price of the product at just under $500 for the pair.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 29, 2017

The VRgluv, currently undergoing a Kickstarter campaign , is an attempt to bring affordable feedback to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Despite the team behind VRgluv touting this as an affordable haptic device, it doesn’t look like the glove will be without any significant features.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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Peter Graham

JULY 1, 2019

Today, HTC Vive has announced a new business unit which aims to help in that endeavour, Vive Enterprise Solutions. ” While developing integrated software solutions and professional services to provide the service and support corporate clients require, at the core of HTC Vive’s business solutions are of course its headsets.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. See Also: The Rise of Virtual Reality in Automotive Retail. Anybody can make nominations, which are then judged by a massive panel. VR Lifetime Achievement.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Or for those after a little haptic butt feedback the £149 tier still has a few left. The full Kickstarter price for the non-haptic version is £199, so at full retail, VRGO Chair will easily be north of £200. The cheapest way to get your hands on a VRGO Mini is the £119 offer which maxes out at 100 backers (85 have been sold).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. HTC is celebrating the new year with a $100 discount on the Vive Cosmos running from 1th to 10th of January. At least, this is what they promised us some months ago.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2020

There are also other kinds of weird problems, like this one: One of the replacements I received has tracking glitches when any moderately intense haptics kick in. My other controller doesn’t have this problem but the haptics on that feel weaker, they’re also louder and have a different tone to them.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC demands a minimum of an Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 CPU paired with either an AMD R9 290 or a Nvidia gtx 970 graphics card. HTC Vive Pro. Check out our article for what comes next. Oculus Rift.

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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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Road to VR

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. bHaptics enables users to enjoy VR with visual, auditory, and haptic feedback.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for a recap of the major developments that took place in 2018: Enterprises that made the news for using wearables: In 2018, major retailers got more serious about XR in hopes of competing with Amazon and improving the shopping experience. Walmart was very active, beginning with its acquisition of VR startup Spatialand in February.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC demands a minimum of an Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 CPU paired with either an AMD R9 290 or a Nvidia gtx 970 graphics card. HTC Vive Pro. Check out our article for what comes next. Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 More on this later… Haptics. Image provided by Rob Cole). Testing with popular software.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

Triad was an instrumental partner in bringing Valve’s tracking technology to production , with the photodiodes used in SteamVR headsets, tracking pucks, and motion controllers produced by Triad’s factory and shipped to off-shore manufacturing partners building XR equipment for brands like HTC, Pimax, Varjo , StarVR, and Valve.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” You’re right, it is a magical experience. Alan: Absolutely. Really simple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” You’re right, it is a magical experience. Alan: Absolutely. Really simple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time." We've made some retail things for it, but it's a beautiful, elegant solution. implied Chef Kiss].

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC Vive Air is a design concept for a fitness-focused VR headset. HTC has just won an IF Design Award for a headset called Vive Air: it is a device designed completely to appeal to the fitness market , with breathable materials, detachable components that are easy to wash, and great comfort.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The majority of VR experiences available make use of the HTC Vive VR headset, letting you soar with friends in Eagle Flight , get in the ring for heavy boxing in Knockout League , walk a tightrope in The Walk , or battle your way through Raw Data or Star Wars’ Trial of Tatooine.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago. The news is that the device may be called Vive Ultimate Tracker and retail at $200 per unit. To work, trackers need a custom Vive dongle which costs $39.

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Haptical

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The report offers insights from leading innovators such as GSK, HTC Vive and Siemens as they look back on key immersive technology achievements of 2019, take a realistic look at the future of XR in 2020 and beyond and offer some practical advice on getting started with XR for organisations yet to begin their immersive journey.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 21, 2017

Today at an event in San Francisco HTC hosted a Vive X Demo Day for its second batch of funded company demos. Hexa automatically converts 2D photos into 3D assets and enable online retailers to create virtual equivalents of their collections and display them online. Tagged with: Demo Day , htc , ViveX Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator program is welcoming more than 30 new VR and AR startups to the fold with investments in North America and Asia. ” HTC Vive’s investment group also said it planned to open an accelerator in Israel, joining locations in San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Today we're speaking with Martin Enthed, digital manager at IKEA Communications, who's also part of the IKEA Digital Lab, looking five to seven years out into the future of how we bring retail to the masses. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Today we're speaking with Martin Enthed, digital manager at IKEA Communications, who's also part of the IKEA Digital Lab, looking five to seven years out into the future of how we bring retail to the masses. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 14, 2019

Elizabeth has seen dramatic changes, from huge room-sized, multi-million dollar CAVE systems, to haptic seats, to car cockpits made out of wood. And so we worked in that regard, and at that time, I really realized the benefit of doing passive haptics. HTC VIVE announced last week they’re even doing lip tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Today we're speaking with Martin Enthed, digital manager at IKEA Communications, who's also part of the IKEA Digital Lab, looking five to seven years out into the future of how we bring retail to the masses. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 14, 2019

Elizabeth has seen dramatic changes, from huge room-sized, multi-million dollar CAVE systems, to haptic seats, to car cockpits made out of wood. And so we worked in that regard, and at that time, I really realized the benefit of doing passive haptics. HTC VIVE announced last week they’re even doing lip tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. Alan: I think the zSpace thing could be used for retail on location. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The tracking system leaves something to be desired, with two sensors that track only 180 degrees of motion (as opposed to the laser-powered Lighthouse tracking system from the HTC Vive, which tracks in full 360 degrees). HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. MONEY & FUNDING.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

80 percent of people who walk through the doors of family entertainment centers, urban entertainment centers, bar and club, hospitality sites, theme parks, casinos, visitor attractions, and retail-atainment are going there in groups. Now, you mentioned feeling haptics, spatial audio, graphics scent. You could also say the say of HTC.

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