VRScout

JUNE 4, 2020

Haptic feedback is an awesome addition to any VR experience, whether it be the feeling of two swords clashing in Blade & Sorcery or the rumble of a violent explosion in Half-Life: Alyx. It’s an important part of how modern VR hardware immerses you in experiences by allowing you to “feel” the virtual world around you.

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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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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Razer, the popular peripheral company, today announced the free release of the Interhaptics haptic authoring tool which is designed to make it faster and easier for developers to create compelling haptic effects for multiple haptic devices. Razer acquired haptic software tool company Interhaptics earlier this year.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Namely, within the XR space, the firm works on many related immersive technologies to boost Meta’s hardware and software offerings, from AI to avatars. Another technology space, Meta, is keen to crack the haptics market. Haptic feedback comes in many hardware forms, such as gloves or controllers.

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VRScout

JUNE 20, 2023

It was this work that helped Jiang and the team to create haptic feedback with objects that they would pick up in virtual environments. Feature Image Credit: Danyang Zhu, Westlake University The post Could Origami Be The Future Of VR Haptics? appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

HaptX, the company building high-end haptic VR gloves for enterprises, launched its latest model, DK2, which is now available for purchase. The new version is said to have improved haptics, force-feedback, size, comfort, and manufacturability. As far as VR gloves go, they’re the most convincingly immersive I’ve used yet.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Usually, when people talk about haptics we’re talking about making interactions more realistic or immersive. However, as VR develops as a fitness tool, haptics can take on a whole new dimension. Haptics in VR Fitness. Valkyrie EIR is the next step in that journey, as we build on our expertise with haptic technologies.”.

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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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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Next to sight and sound, haptics are one of the lowest hanging fruits for creating immersion in VR. But beyond the rumble we have in today’s VR controllers there’s lots of other immersive haptic tech yet to be widely adopted. Each animal had somewhat different haptic properties. A Joystick that Pushes Back.

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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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ARPost

JULY 7, 2020

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. Feelbelt is a German company that makes a haptic belt with 10 pulse generators. Haptics and Immersion. Meet Feelbelt.

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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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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2020

If you know your game console history, you’ll know that Sony coined the name ‘DualShock’ for its first haptic controllers introduced all the way back in 1997 on the original PlayStation console. Let’s talk first about rumble haptics. Image courtesy PlayStation.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 4, 2023

SenseGlove, an innovator in immersive haptic feedback hardware, opened pre-orders for its Nova 2 product, a glove which directs pressure-based feedback to the palm and hands of a headset operator. Moreover, the Nova 2 provides haptic feedback based on impact and vibrations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Last Friday, Meta publicly announced the acquisition of Berlin-based haptics developers Lofelt. The Lofelt purchase enables Meta to double down on its haptics research leading into the proposed October release window for the upcoming Quest device. Fresh Acquisition Amidst FTC Crack-Down.

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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 12, 2019

With a development journey starting way back in 2014, Dexta’s Dexmo haptic force-feedback VR gloves have come a very long way. Haptics come in the form of vibrators (LRAs); there’s one in each finger and two in the palm section in the glove. Dexmo gloves (Vive Tracker not attached in this photo) | Photo by Road to VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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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ARPost

JUNE 16, 2023

Haptic gloves allow users to interact much more intuitively and convincingly with virtual objects and virtual worlds. Unfortunately, haptic gloves are still pretty cutting-edge technology. Meet the Pulse Haptic Glove From Bifrost “We designed Pulse with enthusiasts in mind every step of the way,” reads the product’s crowdfunding page.

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2022

008, a respected Chinese supply chain analyst, Chinese hardware manufacturer Goertek will soon begin mass production of Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 headset. Since then the company has refrained from sharing too much beyond the existence of the hardware itself. According to a report by ????008, Image Credit: Future.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2022

has been pushing the limits of haptic technology since the launch of its HaptX DK2 gloves back in January 2021. Now the company is opening pre-orders for its first-ever commercial product, the HaptX Gloves G1, a ground-breaking haptic device optimized and designed for large-scale deployment, and ready for the enterprise metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Meta is going to hand the design of its headsets to Goertek , and gradually stop working on hardware altogether, to concentrate on the Horizon OS platform. Boz also denied that the whole VR hardware division of Meta is going to be laid off. I still think that there may be some true parts of the rumor , though.

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VRScout

JULY 1, 2021

Russian state corporation Roscosmos reveals a prototype of its new VR headset, announces additional hardware for 2021. This past February, Roscosmos, a state corporation of the Russian Federation specializing in space flight, announced that it was in production of consumer-focused VR hardware. Image Credit: Roscosmos.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 16, 2022

I have just returned back home to Turin (Italy) after my trip to Laval and Paris, and as usual when I attend an event, here I am reporting to you the impressions of some of the hardware and software I have tried there. Skinetic is the first own product of the company, which is meant to give haptic sensations to VR users.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

When it comes to XR hardware, headsets tend to get most of the hype. The company also makes haptic gloves for adding an extra layer of immersion to VR experiences. Right now, some of these products have limited out-of-the-box utility, but integrations with experiences, software, and hardware platforms are expanding all the time.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2020

Haptics is a very important part of virtual reality, and while we wait for consumer solutions arriving in some years, for now, the market is dominated by enterprise solutions like the amazing Dexmo Gloves or HaptX Gloves. SenseGlove comes at haptics in a radically different way than our competitors. SenseGlove enables tactile XR.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2022

That said, the company has shared a list of specs for the device, revealing a handful of exciting features like eye-tracking, passthrough view, and headset haptics. The headset itself also features haptic technology, offering an additional layer of immersion not seen on competing headsets such as the Valve Index or Meta Quest.

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VRScout

MAY 2, 2022

This pro version VR treadmill features integrated haptic technology compatible with existing motion controller haptics. Anytime haptics are triggered on the motion controllers—whether it be gunfire, explosions, etc.—so —so too is the C2 Plus Haptic Module, resulting in a more realistic in-headset experience.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2022

HaptX, the company known for its haptic gloves, today announced it’s launching pre-orders for HaptX Gloves G1, a cheaper and more refined haptic glove device that’s squarely targeted at businesses. It’s said to include improved ergonomics, multiple glove sizes, wireless mobility, and improved haptic functionality.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations. I hoped that the setup of SenseGlove gloves could have been a bit easier , but being a development kit of experimental hardware, it is not strange that it requires some time. As you can see, the hardware setup is not plug and play.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2023

Then there’s Fundamental Surgery, an immersive training platform from FundamentalVR that uses VR technology and haptics to provide everyone from medical students to professional surgeons with realistic simulations of various real-life procedures. ” For more information about FundamentalVR and Haply Robotics visit here. .

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

“Haptic user communications” guide users through the scanning process, ensuring clean, high-quality 3D scans. Well, wonder no more, as peel 3d , a developer of professional-grade 3D scanners, today announced the launch of peel 3 and peel 3.CAD, ” Peel 3D and peel 3.CAD CAD are available for $8490 and $11,990 respectively.

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ARPost

MAY 31, 2023

We continue to evaluate hardware solutions that will meet the unique needs of our deskless workers, and the combination of Manifest and ARGO has the ability to deliver performance and functionality.” They make input accessories like tracking cameras, controllers, and haptics.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 25, 2022

HaptX has been one of the most promising XR hardware companies to watch. 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. Sorry gamers, it is an enterprise device.).

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2022

April Fools Day is once again upon us, which means a whole bunch of fake products from VR hardware manufacturers and developers. This year we saw a ridiculous-looking haptic suit complete with 1,333,337 integrated haptic sensors, from computer peripheral manufacturer Razer to a gorgeous VR role-playing game from developer SmileGate.

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