Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

A report from UploadVR , citing “multiple sources,” claims that Sony’s next-gen PlayStation VR 2 headset will bring a big jump in resolution, along with eye-tracking, IPD adjustment, and even head-mounted haptics. Head-mounted haptics. Head-mounted Haptics. IPD adjustment dial. USB-C tether to PS5.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

NullSpace VR are poised to launch a new haptic vest focused toward immersive, virtual reality gaming, via Kickstarter soon. The Hardlight suit integrates 16 haptic pads that allow you to feel directional impact linked to actions inside the VR experience.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Exploring the concept of ‘haptic shape illusion’, the controllers have data-driven, precise mass properties, aiming to simulate the same feeling in the hand as the larger objects on which they are based. Simulating the feel of real objects is a fundamental haptics challenge in VR. Image courtesy Fujinawa et al.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2020

After 7 months of beta testing, Interhaptics just released its most ambitious project to date: a mixed reality development suite for deploying haptics across platforms for both head-mounted displays and mobile devices. When designers leave out haptics, they force their users to suffer fatigue,” he says.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The objective is to create new simulation content and assessment criteria based on the Mayo Clinic’s substantial body of research in partnership with its surgeons, clinical practitioners, and data scientists. The post FundamentalVR Partners With Mayo Clinic To Develop Haptic VR Surgery Simulations appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2019

If priced correctly, this could be an incredible way for consumers to enhance their existing setups by essentially turning their personal playspaces into miniature location-based immersive experiences; not to mention the exciting opportunities it could offer developers who lack the budget or resources for expensive haptic technology. .

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The company formerly known as AxonVR , which has raised more than $5 million in venture capital, is rebranding to HaptX, and revealing a feature prototype of a VR glove which uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and force feedback to the fingers. After trying the prototype for myself, I came away impressed with the tech.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Since that debut, BeBop Sensors has been working non-stop on its enterprise-friendly haptic technology. The latest iteration of its one-size-fits-all Forte Data Glove can now be combined with the Oculus Quest controllers, integrating BeBop’s hand tracking technology with the Quest’s 3D tracking. Image Credit: BeBop Sensors.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Ultimately, its ‘pro’ feature on higher-end models boasts haptic feedback thanks to flexible membranes that contract and expand to replicate touch on the user’s fingertips. All haptic-capable versions of ContactGloves are already gone unfortunately, which were priced starting at ¥115,000 (~$870). Charging time : 2.5

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VRScout

APRIL 4, 2018

The creator of Second Life looks to bring realistic haptic feedback to the budding VR platform. Referred to by High Fidelity as a “virtual skin,” the Exoskin is a haptic jacket capable of simulating the sensation touch while in VR. Photo courtesy of Venture Beat. Photo courtesy of Venture Beat.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The self-sensing material forms to a user’s body, providing next-level haptic feedback. Referred to as “Closed-Loop Haptic Feedback Control Using a Self-Sensing Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin,” the device is composed of a stretchable material only 500 nanometers thick, allowing it to form to a users body.

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ARPost

JANUARY 20, 2021

While we traditionally use keyboard strokes or voice commands to tap into massive data, virtual reality can make us understand information in refreshing ways. Let’s take a look at how VR can enhance communication and collaboration through data visualization, language learning, and the creation of common spaces. Data Visualization .

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2019

Haptic feedback on the HaptX gloves / Image Credit: HaptX. One partnership in particular has resulted in what the developers claim to be the first haptic telerobotic system that allows users to control a robotic arm remotely from anywhere in the world. As the hand touches an object, tactile sensors detect the haptic information.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

The software analyzes the data to figure out what should be happening in a game. As new haptic and biometric sensory technologies become more refined, more sophisticated interfaces will begin to emerge. . As new haptic and biometric sensory technologies become more refined, more sophisticated interfaces will begin to emerge. .

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

RGB Haptics is a new Unity-based tool that aims to make it easier for developers to create and implement haptic effects in VR games. Used correctly, haptics make VR games more playable and immersive. Here’s a rundown of the features, according to RGB Schemes: Raw waveform and audio file support across all types of haptics.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In a new exclusive interview with Wired , the company further revealed that not only is PlayStation 5 slated to arrive holiday season 2020, but that an improved gamepad with better haptic feedback and “adaptive triggers” will come along with it. SEE ALSO Sony Announces 4.2 Million PlayStation VR Units Sold.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

“Haptic user communications” guide users through the scanning process, ensuring clean, high-quality 3D scans. ” The aforementioned 3D scanners are powered by peel.OS, an easy-to-use “data acquisition software” that transforms 3D scans into CAD-ready files compatible with a wide variety of applications.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

” Manus VR, best known for its line of haptic VR gloves , today revealed the Manus Pro Tracker, a new tracking solution for the SteamVR platform aimed specifically at professional creators working in motion capture, virtual production, and VR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The HaptX Glove that was shown at Sundance was one of the most convincing haptics experiences that I’ve had in VR. While it was still primitive, I was able to grab a virtual object in VR, and for the first time have enough haptic feedback to convince my brain that I was actually grabbing something. Jake Rubin.

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Road to VR

MAY 21, 2021

If you’ve been following along with the XR space, you’ll remember the research Facebook recently shared on its wrist-worn prototypes for XR input & haptics. Another feature allows a cursor to be called forth and controlled using accelerometer data.

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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2021

By employing a unique combination of haptic technology and hardware-agnostic software, Fundamental Surgery is able to deliver a genuine sense of touch when performing key surgical actions, interacting with specific medical tools, and operating on different tissue variants.

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EON Reality

OCTOBER 18, 2023

EON Reality and Microtube Technologies partner to provide immersive haptic experiences. Our integration with EON Reality expansive asset library will potentially provide haptic experience for over six million assets, which is an advantage for both learners and educators.” Photo Credit: Microtube Technologies Pte Ltd.

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VRScout

MARCH 13, 2022

Holoride partnered with a company called Terranet to utilize VoxelFlow, a system of sensors that captures movement data and transates it into gameplay in real-time. This means no two in-car VR experiences will ever be exactly the same. So, how exactly does this system work? Image Credit: Holoride.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 14, 2025

Meta Quest Pro: Best for Collaboration The Meta Quest Pro falls behind the Quest 3 in a few areas but it does offer high-quality controllers (with haptic feedback), and exceptional tracking functionality. With the Secure edition, you dont just get exceptional 4K resolution and advanced sensor functionality for body and eye tracking.

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Upload VR

MARCH 28, 2023

Meta released a Haptics SDK for Unity, and Haptic Studio for authoring haptics. Lofelt offered a haptics SDK for Unity and its flagship product was a haptics authoring tool called Lofelt Studio. Haptics Studio Haptics Studio is a desktop app for Windows and macOS with a VR companion app for Quest headsets.

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ARVR

JUNE 10, 2021

This article was extracted from the Recommended Practices for Haptics in Enterprise VR published by the Haptics Industry Forum. While VR makes it possible to model systems and interactions visually, haptics makes these interactions lifelike. Haptics enhances realism. Haptics enhances the immersion of the user.

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VRScout

JULY 20, 2019

Haptic feedback from your controllers plays a pretty big role in your VR experience. So how do you create haptic weight and feedback in VR? Data collected from different case studies showed that individuals who tried the Drag:on VR controllers report a genuine sensation of weight and resistance when handling digital objects.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Haptic technologies were represented at CES very well especially by two companies: OWO and bHaptics.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Haptics Tech Consumers Are Missing Out On Insights from Delft University’s Yasemin Vardar on all the fun haptics tech. Today, haptics aka tactile feedback is used in games, user interfaces, online shopping, tele-touch, data visualization, art appreciation, and an aid for the blind. Photo via www.sunnic.com.tw

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data. Overall, augmented reality brings robust capabilities to solutions across multiple modalities — visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

I really hope this can happen, because VR with haptic feedback is overly cool! Some of its competitors, like HaptX (formally named AxonVR) are really bulky and heavy, while other ones require a haptic system that extends all over the arm. Dexmo haptic feedback. Force-feedback. You may wonder what “force-feedback” means.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 15, 2019

At South by Southwest, Tech Trends checks out the haptic suit that promises to take immersion to the next level. . It is, according to the company, “the world’s first highly integrated smart clothing apparel that includes haptic feedback, motion capture, climate control, and other systems”. By Laura Kobylecky.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2018

Welcome to our third day of CES 2018 coverage: Viveport gets VR previews, we go hands-on with Tactical Haptics’ latest prototype, Vive Pro to come with ‘refreshed’ controllers but not ‘Knuckles’, and TPCast brings wireless tech to Windows Mixed Reality. Viveport Receives Radical Redesign. image courtesy HTC.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2020

Their hardware-agnostic software solution fuses Cutaneous (tactile vibration) and Kinesthetics (force feedback & position) haptic technologies. The platform utilizes off-the-shelf hardware (PCs/laptops, VR headset and haptic arms), making it less than a tenth of the cost of current learning practices. UCLH in the U.K.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2022

OpenBCI promises Galea will be a little revolution for non-invasive BCIs, because it won’t feature only the classical EEG sensors that are integrated into all the most common BCI devices for XR, but also a long list of sensors whose data, fused together, is able to give better insights on what is the psychological status of the user.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2025

The system works pretty well Returning to inside-out tracked controller, I guess in the future some AI inference using body tracking data may help in estimating the pose of the controllers when they are out of range of the tracking cameras, too. The controller of Magic Leap 2 features onboard cameras that perform inside-out tracking, too.

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2019

When visitors enter the sterile white environment, they are immediately greeted to two identical rows of cylindrical pods, each of which housing an HTC Vive Pro set-up as well as extra-sensory and haptic feedback technology that can simulate heat, wind, various scents, even physical rumbling. Image Credit: Mariell Lind Hansen.

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