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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

XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

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And it is made possible by VIRTUOSO , an open-source SDK created by Charles Rivers Analytics, which is now available for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. The VIRTUOSO SDK for XR development is available as a full open-source release for the Unity game engine on Github.

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

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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. As a Unity developer, I am a bit envious of all of this. Top news of the week.

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HaptX Gloves G1 Open for Pre-Orders

ARPost

“With HaptX Gloves G1, we’re making it possible for all organizations to leverage our lifelike haptics,” HaptX founder and CEO, Jake Rubin, said in a release shared with ARPost. The Gloves G1 are available in four sizes and feature improved haptics and ergonomics, as well as wireless mobility.

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Ultraleap’s Hand Tracking Platform Gemini Is Now Available for Download

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Thanks to the improvements in haptics , depth of field, and other factors, users can feel that they are actually interacting with real-life objects. Ultraleap (previously Leap Motion), a company focused on developing haptics technology for the immersive experiences industry, has recently launched Gemini. Watch Gemini in Action.