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Meta Revives Haptic Feedback Product Portfolio

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Another technology space, Meta, is keen to crack the haptics market. Haptic feedback comes in many hardware forms, such as gloves or controllers. Haptic systems provide users with pressure-based feedback when interacting with an immersive environment around them. What is Haptics Studio by Meta?

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The Best VR Gloves in 2024: Harnessing Haptic Feedback

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In the last few years, there’s been less hype around VR gloves and haptic accessories in the extended reality space. While the average consumer might not need haptic experiences in VR games, sensory feedback in the business world can be extremely valuable. However, haptic technologies have the potential to support various use cases.

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HaptX Opens Preorders for Enterprise Haptic Gloves

XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5. Epic Games has finally released the latest iteration of its popular game engine: Unreal Engine 5. This means that while great, Unreal Engine 5 is not disruptive for us VR users and developers, yet. Linus Tech Tips has hosted Lucas from LucidVR and his very cheap DIY haptic gloves.

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TouchSense Force Lets Devs Create Better Haptic Feedback On Oculus Touch

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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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How To Become A VR Designer: Careers in the Metaverse 

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In the last few years, we’ve seen virtual reality transform from a novel concept connected to the gaming and entertainment space to a crucial corporate tool. Become familiar with commonly used tools: Like most designers, VR designers will need to be familiar with graphic design, audio editing, and similar tools.

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Free UE4 Template Makes Creating More Realistic VR Hands a Snap

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The open-source demo offers a framework for use in any Unreal Engine project, as well as a ‘Playground’ scene containing an underground bunker and shooting range to showcase hand interactivity. Originally developed as an internal tool for prototyping at iNFINITE Production, the team decided to kindly share it with the world. “I

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