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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. However, as the adoption of virtual reality grows in the business landscape for training, product development, and collaboration, this is beginning to change. What are VR Gloves and How Do They Work?

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Haptics-Heavy Wearable Feelbelt Completes Crowdfunding, Accepts Preorders

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Right now, most of us experience virtual reality through headsets. Touch is engaged through the science of haptics. Some controllers incorporate haptics but incorporating the technology into wearable devices is the next step that some producers are exploring. Haptics and Immersion. Meet Feelbelt.

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How does Virtual Reality Work? The Ultimate Guide

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Have you ever wondered, “How does virtual reality work?” What components does a “virtual reality” experience need to be truly immersive? In recent years, the “virtual reality” world has evolved drastically. So, how does virtual reality work, and why is it such a significant tech evolution?

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VR Training and Haptics to Boost Railway Operational Safety

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The grant aims to advance research using haptic solutions to create accessible XR applications for visually impaired individuals. HaptX is contributing its microfluidic actuation haptics technology to the research, enabling precise rendering of virtual braille content at the fingertips.

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Cheap Virtual Reality Headset Options for Businesses on a Budget

XR Today - Virtual Reality

For businesses, finding a cheap virtual reality headset can seem impossible. Cutting corners on cost can increase the risk of virtual reality sickness and harm adoption. Cutting corners on cost can increase the risk of virtual reality sickness and harm adoption. Decide before you start searching.

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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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Are Haptic Gloves Making a Comeback?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, Fluid Reality debuted a haptic glove solution, which introduces a range of competitive features to the fledging XR accessories marketplace that sees haptic glove solutions present benefits in healthcare, automation, and training use cases – despite the haptic market appearing somewhat dormant in 2023.

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