VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Because the HoloLens 2 is a headset device, there is no haptic feedback other than the physical haptic of your fingers making real contact with each other. Developers, for example, could use your entire forearm or both sides of your arm to place menus, interaction buttons, and other options. . Image Credit: Microsoft.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest names in the VR data glove field is Manus VR, and VRFocus recently got to test its new flagship product, Manus Prime Haptic. It has long been the case that gloves have been associated with VR, the logical choice for anyone wanting to touch the digital realm. Then it came to the haptics.

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JUNE 30, 2017

That physicality is something you don’t get from data gloves, or vision based inputs without any device, and that feeling can then be fine-tuned with haptic feedback. Plus, you’re not passing around a sweaty data glove between your friends.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 31, 2020

Another was Bebop Sensors, showcasing its latest Forte Date Glove, which had built-in haptics and Oculus Quest compatibility. Bebop Sensors has attended CES for several years now with VRFocus last testing the Forte Data Glove back in 2018.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Manus VR , the company which makes enterprise-grade data gloves, is almost ready to release its solution to this challenge, Manus Polygon. The new range of Manus Prime gloves arrived in 2019, with three models for tracking users hand gestures. Manus VR isn’t the only company exploring the full-body tracking space.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 20, 2020

There’s nothing like a bit of haptic feedback to truly make you feel like part of a virtual reality (VR) experience, whether that’s a simple controller shake as you impale an enemy or feel the thump against your chest when you take a hit in experiences like The VOID. The gloves aren’t just about haptics either.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Hand tracking has always been one of those options that sound nice in principle, but would you actually pay for it, adding a Leap Motion device or something a little more extravagant like a data glove? However, if hand tracking is added as a free addition then suddenly this argument changes significantly.

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