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Researchers Develop VR Haptic Feedback System Using Custom Quadcopters

VRScout

Are custom-build drones retrofitted with touchable surfaces the future of VR haptic feedback? Serving as a levitating haptic feedback proxy, these specially-designed drones are outfitted with unique touchable surfaces and track a users position to provide real-time haptics to virtual objects.

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Going (Literally) Hands-on With Manus Prime Haptic Gloves

Peter Graham

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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CAD Experiment: Disassemble a Spherical Robot in VR

Leapmotion

I got my Leap Motion Controller at the start of 2014, and quickly went about making demos. Aside from this, my major work with Leap Motion is my game Robot Chess , a relatively simple game which allows you to use your hands to pick up and move around chess pieces as you play against a robotic AI opponent.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.24): Snap releases new Spectacles AR glasses, Quest releases runtime v29, and more!

The Ghost Howls

A Japanese entity called “Akiya Research Institute” has shown on Twitter that it is developing a system to let you perform motion capture with just two webcams connected to your PC , and this could be used also as a very cheap way to have your full body in VR. You can now touch a virtual cat with full haptics.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

He has demonstrated even more original (and less scary) ideas for AR interaction while directing UX design at Leap Motion. Is the Founder-Ceo of #HoloSuit a full body motion tracking suit with haptic feedback. Designer, Director and Researcher, #Keiichi is best known for his dystopian video “ Hyper-reality.”