XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Firms such as SenseGlove , Meta Platforms, PrecisionOS, and HaptX have led the industry with haptic gloves capable of controlling and sensing objects thousands of miles away with near-zero latency. This will also create a platform for startups to develop bespoke haptic technology products for their businesses.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Inputs and Haptics are incredibly important to Virtual Reality as a major tenant in reinforcing immersion and tactile interaction with virtual objects. Even smartphone games utilize basic haptics, because touch is foundational to the human experience.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2024: RealWear Meta Apple Goertek Pimax Pico HP HTC Vive Samsung Varjo Lenovo Valve Index Vrgineers RealWear Exploring various aspects of the immersive technology landscape, RealWear produces sensors, apps, and hardware for the XR space.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The round was financed by a number of South Korea-based companies, and was led by SeAH Group’s investment wing Irongrey with participation from Woori Technology Investment, KNET Venture Fund, Seoul Investment Partners, and Samsung Next. Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence Robots. SEE ALSO HaptX Secures $1.5M

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2018

Intel’s tiny VR-capable PC, Tactical Haptics’ reconfigurable controller, NextVR updates, TPCast Plus, HTC Vive Pro, and Xiaomi’s re-branded Oculus Go. Tactical Haptics’ Reconfigurable Controller. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics. Here’s a roundup of news from ‘day zero’ of CES 2018, served in bitesize chunks.

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VRScout

JANUARY 12, 2017

Fox and Samsung have partnered up to bring the series reboot of 24 to life in a pretty gripping way — putting you in the center of a combat mission in virtual reality. Image Credit: Samsung & Fox. Are you ready for six minutes of intense 24 VR action? The post ’24: Legacy’ Prequel Comes to VR appeared first on VRScout.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Users benefit from a streamlined and lightweight form factor, crisp visuals, and self-tracking controllers with access to haptic feedback capabilities. The brand also has a range of peripherals and accessories on offer, including gloves with haptic feedback capabilities.

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VRScout

JULY 27, 2016

and Samsung showed off their latest Suicide Squad VR experience. Winding through long halls of barbed wire and prison cells in this recreated Belle Reve penitentiary space, we got our first look at the 360° video on Gear VR headsets while sitting on swivel chairs strapped with SupPac haptic vests.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. The later departure of Alex Kipman seemed to be the final nail in the coffin for the AR glasses, but a new rumor brought a bit of hope: Microsoft seemed to work together with Samsung to design consumer-oriented AR glasses. Anyway, things have not gone as we all hoped.

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Voices of VR

APRIL 3, 2023

Eggscape is a mixed reality, table top platformer game similar to Lucky’s Tale, but since it’s mixed reality then there’s a lot more of moving your body through space as a control dynamic.

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2017

With vibrations from the strikes of the mallet reverberating through the hammock, this experience combines organic haptics, interactivity, and stunning graphics—culminating in an absorptive, tactile, and altogether distinct immersive experience. Separate Silences.

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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. Project Cambria may feature facial haptics. According to Brad Lynch, Project Cambria may feature vibrational haptic feedback on the head, exactly as PSVR 2.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2016

and Samsung partnered up to create a Suicide Squad experience that included 360° cameras and Gear VR stations showing off a Comic-Con exclusive VR experience. Each station had a few chairs with Subpac haptic vests attached to the back and a Gear VR headset waiting for action.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. Horror Games in VR. Gambling and VR Casinos.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

More info (Quest has sold 20 M units) More info (Opinion on VR not mainstream) More info (My editorial on Quest 2 sales and the problem of retention) More info (Editorial on The Verge about Quest being a gaming console) Samsung trademarks “Galaxy Glasses” We may have a name for the upcoming AR glasses by Samsung.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

You may have read a couple stories here about haptic installations they produced for Verizon with the NFL and IndyCar in 2015. In 2016 they teamed up with Samsung to simulate an in-game basketball experience for the Rio Olympics. Two Bit’s Jake Sally taking someone through the Samsung Olympic experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung has begun developing additional haptic devices for AR wearables featuring artificial muscle actuators. Partnering with Ajou University’s mechanical engineering teams, Samsung’s Professor Je-Sung Ko helped to develop the technology.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Virtual reality owes much of its popularity to mobile VR, with its promise of abundant, economical and serviceable headsets like Samsung Gear VR and the even cheaper Google Cardboard—the sort of ‘headset shells’ that only require a suitable smartphone to run. image courtesy Lenovo.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2018

The ecosystem’s partner manufacturers—Dell, HP, Acer, Samsung, Lenovo and Asus—will no doubt continue to drive down prices though of their respective headsets, potentially giving Microsoft further influence in the thus far bi-polar fight between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. and the newest VR ‘home’ space called Skyloft.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Many mobile headsets, like the Google Daydream View and Samsung Gear VR, become fully functional as soon as you slide your compatible smartphone into them. Samsung Gear Controller. Some of these companies are even working to add the sense of touch to VR through haptics, but for now let’s just focus on the hand tracking aspect.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 24, 2023

These built-in controllers provide gamers with familiar haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, ensuring a consistent gaming experience. As a result, the handheld is not compatible with existing wireless headsets from Apple, Beats, Samsung, and even Sony itself.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

Some first feedback starts arising from the early adopters, and Cix Liv has published on X that the device shows serious issues, like the fact that its virtual keyboard is hard to use (this does not surprise me… virtual keyboards without any haptics are hard to make). This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Laetitia also added: We might use them in rehab centres in all these digital health centres that are popping up here in hospitals and institutions, we’re using more and more [XR devices], or even building new rooms dedicated to that type of rehab with MR and haptics. Samsung was demoing 3 models. Yep, it’s a monitor.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We all know that without perfect finger tracking and haptic feedback, having a good virtual keyboard is complicated. Controllers are in my opinion much more suitable for walking and shooting in games because they offer a better control scheme, and also they provide the haptics sensation that is very satisfying when you are shooting.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Haptic technologies were represented at CES very well especially by two companies: OWO and bHaptics. OWO Haptic Vest (Image by OWO). bHaptics, a company we already know well, has instead announced TactGlove, a pair of very lightweight haptic gloves. Skinetic haptic suit (Image by Actronika). It is very interesting.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Our partnership with D-Box motion systems has now given us a whole new set of tools to be able to explore immersion with haptic interactivity.”. The full-motion cinematic VR chair is the first of its kind, featuring motorized yaw and pitch motion, audio-driven haptic feedback and customized seating.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

We get to see a VR headset, facial tracking gear, haptic gloves and bodysuit, and most importantly for Wade’s sprinting, an omnidirectional treadmill. Compatible with Windows VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Samsung Gear VR headsets, the VRGo chair also acts as a convenient storage device.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In the communication, it is emphasized that it is able to work with 5G phones from different brands like Sony and Samsung. BHaptics announces TactSuit X Series haptic vests. BHaptics is a well-known brand for VR haptic devices and it produces affordable gadgets that have a good quality ( read my review here ).

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Companies like NVIDIA, Samsung, Google, Lenovo, HP, and Acer sought portions of underdeveloped systems, and VR's winter was harsh to many. Meta pushed through and now Apple following through on a similar vision just validated Mark Zuckerberg's conclusions about the future. How well do SharePlay and FaceTime work on the headset?

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2017

Planet Whack , is a whac-a-mole-inspired game, where two players participate in the same VR space trying to hit cartoon worms emerging from a sphere, with the giant beach ball providing haptic feedback. The system uses Samsung Gear VR headsets for visual output. The usual limitations of this mobile VR solution—i.e.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Additional expo highlights include Xtrematic’s extreme sports simulator, bHaptics’ full-body haptic suit, Bioflight’s VR medical training simulations and Phasespace’s large-scale motion capture system.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

We saw mixed results in the global VR industry in 2016—initial sales volume by some high-end manufacturers didn’t quite live up to the hype, while PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, and low-cost headsets continued to gain traction,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

From location-based entertainment, motion simulators and VR arcades, to next-gen haptics, 360-degree cameras and the hottest product launches across virtual and augmented reality, this year’s expo will feature something for everyone to explore. Attendees can sign up for Circuit Stream’s workshops when they register for VRLA.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Microsoft is keeping pursuing AR, and in fact, part of the resources that were devoted to HoloLens 3 are now dedicated to what is known as project Bondi, which is the AR glasses that Microsoft is building with Samsung. Emerge is a new XR haptic device. These are the most interesting gaming haptic devices I have ever seen.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

It will work with PlayStation 5 and offer amazing clarity, next-generation haptics, and for the first time on a consumer device, eye tracking. We all know how Samsung is able to deliver beautiful home electronics devices, and it is a company that has also past experience about VR headsets (Gear VR and Odyssey+ were both good VR goggles).

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 22, 2024

Samsung's Ballie personal assistant robot, now equipped with an onboard projector and enhanced AI capabilities, evolves into a pet-like companion that adapts to the needs and preferences of its users. This remarkable creation boasts two-legged mobility, user recognition, and seamless integration with LG's smart appliances.

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