Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Meta has acquired Lofelt, a Berlin-based startup developing advanced haptic technologies for VR and other devices. Founded in 2014, Lofelt has garnered around €10 million (~$10 million USD) to develop both haptic software and hardware.

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VRScout

APRIL 30, 2022

Researchers working for Carnegie Melon University’s Future Interfaces Group have developed a new haptic feedback device that utilizes ultrasonic transducers to simulate a realistic sense of touch on your mouth, allowing for more realistic VR experiences. Has technology gone too far?

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2020

Sliding plates and a cylindrical form-factor offer a more engaging haptic eperience. VR/AR haptic feedback specialists Tactical Haptics this week revealed a new addition to its lineup of haptic controllers designed specifically for VR sword fighting, fishing, and tool training.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Following success with its previous haptic glove iterations, WEART is launching TouchDIVER Pro to bring haptic XR interactions to businesses today. The device is a pair of advanced haptic gloves that will be available for pre-order until November 30, 2024, at €3,900. degrees and a per-finger accuracy of up to 2mm.

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AR Insider

JULY 21, 2023

While at AWE this year, Editor at Large Emily Olman had the chance to be one of the first to experience new multiuser haptics developed by HaptX. This post appeared first on AR Insider. We have video footage and top takeaways.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 28, 2022

AI SILK is a Japanese wearable-tech startup that’s set to unveil a new haptic glove at CES 2023 next month which approaches both haptic feedback and finger-tracking in a different way altogether. AI Silk’s Lead Skin haptic gloves will debut at CES 2023 between January 5-8, where we’ll have feet on the ground.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2021

A newly published patent application from Apple highlights the company’s internal exploration of “micro-gestures” for AR input, which involves using the thumb against the index finger as a sort of virtual joystick or selector. Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple.

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AR Insider

JUNE 27, 2024

This post appeared first on AR Insider. What were the top glasses & gadgets from the AWE show floor? After breaking down the top talks in Part I of this series, Charlie Fink dives into the gadgetry and expo hall action.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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 Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I was afraid that at this CES wouldn’t have been many pieces of news about AR and VR, but actually, we had quite a few interesting ones. This shows that the ecosystem is alive, and notwithstanding the pandemic, there are many XR companies that are pushing the technology forward. OWO Haptic Vest (Image by OWO).

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

However, there are some great AR and VR accessories out there that can make an XR experience more immersive, more practical, or better suited to a specific task. You’ve read our list of AR glasses. Now get ready for the ARPost guide to AR and VR accessories, peripherals, and modifiers. And, who’s to argue? SenseGlove.

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ARVR

JUNE 4, 2021

The Haptics club is an Open community about #Haptics. Alex Meland is a Community Manager at bHaptics , and passionate about the world of haptics. bHaptics is a company that specialized in full-body haptic suits. Alex Meland is a Community Manager at bHaptics , and passionate about the world of haptics.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2023

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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VRScout

MARCH 7, 2022

Customize your hand gestures to activate specific visual and haptic feedback experiences. . The company NuEyes has partnered with ManoMotion to incorporate hand tracking and gesture technology into the NuEyes Pro 3 AR smartglasses, a move that will help make the 5G enabled glasses even more appealing to enterprise customers and even gamers.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2021

Facebook today revealed some of its latest research and vision for a wrist-worn input device that the company expects to form the basis of AR and VR interactions and haptics in the future. ” Always-on Haptics. To that end, the company has been experimenting with different types of haptic technologies for the wrist.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 6, 2024

The grant aims to advance research using haptic solutions to create accessible XR applications for visually impaired individuals. Both universities are also receiving investments from the funding round. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and National Eye Institute earlier this year.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and National Eye Institute to advance research into using haptic solutions to provide accessible XR applications for visually impaired groups. Are Haptic Gloves Making a Comeback? Are Haptic Gloves Making a Comeback?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

One of the most interesting announcements of last week has been the release of the HaptX Gloves DK2 , one of the most interesting haptic gloves for VR. I am very intrigued by these gloves that can provide quasi-realistic haptic sensations to the hands of the user s and that have been praised by all XR journalists.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe uses AR technology to immerse you deep in Sony Pictures’ new movie, Ghostbusters: Afterlife , as one of the legendary Ghostbusters. , When you’re not trapping ghosts, you’ll be interacting with different characters and solving 3D puzzles in AR in order to find hidden clues.

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Road to VR

APRIL 8, 2025

He previously worked at Meta where he pioneered work on hand inputs and haptics for VR. As immersive experiences become increasingly sophisticated, the challenge of efficient text entry remains a crucial barrier to seamless interaction in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR). each dot represents one technique analyzed in the study).

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VRScout

JUNE 24, 2021

Earlier this week, the United States Patent & Trademark Office published a new patent filed by Facebook back in 2019 that showcases a “unique” type of AR headgear. ” By adopting a hat-based form factor, Facebook claims that it can incorporate additional components to deliver more advanced AR experiences.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

They used haptic VR to help visually impaired individuals see famous detailed artwork by feeling around it. ?. The majority of them only have some form of partial loss, and they can benefit from AR or VR applications designed to enhance their senses. An example is AR-enhanced hearing aids. Sensory Enhancement.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2022

The program will cover everything from VR and AR to immersive journalism. We are passionate about creating new systems and different methods of working to ensure that not only is our program inclusive, but that our students are ‘best in class’ immersive creators, producers, and distribution leaders.”

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The company recently demonstrated how their haptic tech can scale all the way up to the Browning M2, a mounted.50 HapTech makes an electromagnetic recoil system which is the foundation of its StrikerVR haptic guns which are designed as peripherals for high-end VR attractions. Army with AR Headsets.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Image courtesy Sean Chee One of the most notable characteristics of this year’s MIT Reality Hack was the introduction of new hardware kits, including MEMS-based AR lenses from Maradin , a haptic exoskeleton from Haptikos , and an array of neurosensing gear from OpenBCI, including the Galea biosensing headset.

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ARPost

JUNE 16, 2023

Haptic gloves allow users to interact much more intuitively and convincingly with virtual objects and virtual worlds. As such, they are viewed by many to be the next opportunity to increase the sense of immersion provided by XR technology. Unfortunately, haptic gloves are still pretty cutting-edge technology.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2021

I love passthrough augmented reality , because it lets us create AR experiences with the VR headsets that we already own, plus it also opens up augmented reality to new possibilities, like wide-FOV vision or diminished reality experiences. In this tutorial, you are going to replicate the fantastic The Unity Cube experience, this time in AR!

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2023

The creatives behind Symbiosis put people into these canvas suits that looked like a cocoon and had these cables attached to them that used bursts of air to create haptic feedback on your body. The post The Wildest VR & AR Experiences From SXSW 2023 appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2022

It looks like Magic Leap is holding a barn burner of a sale on its first AR headset, Magic Leap 1, as the one-time $2,300 device can now be had for $550. As first reported by GMW3 , Magic Leap appears to be flushing excess stock of the 2018-era AR headset via the Amazon-owned online retailer Woot. . Haptics: LRA Haptic Device.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Somnium Space and TESLASUIT partner to bring full-body haptics to social VR with the Somnium X TESLASUIT DK1. Thanks to recent developments in haptic technology, this collective dream is finally becoming a reality. Here are few things you should know before diving in: Each suit comes with an exclusive one-of-a-kind NFT token.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 18, 2020

GIGXR launches AR tool designed for medical training. HoloPatient Remote is an extension of HoloPatient , a tool used in traditional classroom settings that allows students to examine a realistic AR patient with their instructor via a Microsoft’s HoloLens headset. Image Credit: GIGXR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 16, 2022

In this article, I will tell to you my first impressions of the Lenovo ThinkReality A3 AR glasses and the Acrtronika Skinetic haptic suit that I tried on the Laval Virtual show floor. Lenovo ThinkReality A3 are AR glasses for the enterprise sector. Lenovo ThinkReality A3. Hands-on impressions. Top view of the device.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation. Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

But now, thanks to VR Expert , a company specialized in selling and lending AR and VR headsets, I have been able to test this device for a few days and report to you my impressions about it. Besides that, I also noticed the “screen door effect” for the first time on an AR headset.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

HaptX, a producer of haptic VR gloves, today announced it’s secured $12 million in its Series A financing round. Founded in 2012 (then known as AxonVR), HaptX has been focused on creating haptic gloves for use in VR, training, and robotics. HaptX will be showing off its latest work in haptics at CES in January 2020.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been five years since Meta initially told the world it was working on building a set of AR glasses. They represent Meta’s first set of true AR glasses. The Meta glasses are powered by a neural interface, deliver truly immersive experiences, and even have an upgraded AI assistant.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Nreal is for sure one of the most interesting AR startups on the market. It got the attention of all the press at CES 2019 revealing an AR glass that is light, fashionable, and affordable. Controller : Weight : 23g Tracking : 3DoF Connection : Bluetooth Controls : Touchpad, Click, Haptic feedback.

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