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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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

A wide range of tracking adapters and impressive hardware could make the Plexus the next big haptic glove. Linear resistant actuators (LRAs) placed at the ends of each fingertip provide realistic haptic feedback for the user. Wireless: 2.4GHz Custom Low Latency Protocol. degrees precision.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The PS5 is a big step forward for console gaming , and being paired with a next-gen controller like the DualSense, that provides realistic haptic sensations, it can give its players countless hours of fun. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. But the same sense of amazement doesn’t hold for VR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Unplugged Details: Available On: Oculus Quest (coming soon to PC VR). At first I thought the inherent lack of haptic feedback would stymie the game and make it less fun than a similar controller-based game like Rock Band VR on Rift. Release Date: October 21st, 2021. Price: $25. Developer: Anotherway. Publisher: Vertigo Games.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Oculus wants your AR/VR experience to not only be a 360 immersive visual experience that includes real time head tracking and full immersive audio during your VR experience, but would also include real time hand tracking as part of the virtual and augmented experience. That’s what I’m doing here.”.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

The SenseGlove Nova is a wearable haptic glove that enhances VR experiences by using pressure sensors to track the movement of fingers and allowing users to feel tactile feedback in their VR environment. The speakers connect wirelessly to VR headsets and provide accurate 3D audio with minimal distortion or latency issues.

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JUNE 2, 2017

This new motion controller is completely different the the Oculus Touch, Vive wands, or VR gloves. It’s also got low latency motion control, though it’s not clear if it offers six degrees of freedom (6DOF) like on Rift and Vive, or 3DOF as seen with Daydream and Gear VR. Hapto looks more like a bracelet for your hand.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2016

At E3 2016 I got to see the latest prototype version of Gloveone, a haptic motion input glove designed for virtual reality. The latency of the input was also quite impressive. The haptics on the Gloveone prototype were functional but didn’t quite sell me on the sensation.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. VEX Arena (front) and VEX Adventure (back) Both setups used haptic vests but otherwise, the hardware differed significantly.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

In the pre-mission setup phase, players are outfitted with a VR backpack PC, haptic vest, hand and foot trackers, and a VR gun peripheral. Haptics from the vest and the gun pack a significantly greater punch than what than the the rumble found in consumer VR controllers. Photo by Road to VR.

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Upload VR

JULY 20, 2023

Since releasing controller-free hand tracking as a software update for the original Oculus Quest in late 2019, Meta has been steadily improving the technology with further updates. which it says reduces hand tracking latency, "bringing the experience closer to controllers". Hand Tracking 2.2 Then the 2.1

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). I am always fascinated when I speak with someone that is here before the Oculus Kickstarter campaign. Or how does resolution or latency affect simulator sickness?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Both controllers offer what you might call ‘casual-level’ input—neither match the precision of what we’ve come to expect from the current bar set by Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. SEE ALSO Foldaway Haptics is Making a Thumbstick for VR Controllers That Pushes Back. Image captured by Road to VR.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2016

The technology of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are incredible, but the ability to traverse a physical space, receive haptic feedback from NPC’s and interact with a physical environment is just too mind-blowing to compete with. This was genuinely the most exciting piece of interactive technology i’ve used in the last couple of years.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

SEE ALSO Oculus Chief Scientist Dives Deep Into the Near Future of AR & VR. Concept image from Oculus Connect 5 showing what a waveguide-based VR headset may look like in the near future, Image courtesy Facebook. It’s all great, certainly better than it used to be when the headsets first came out in 2016.

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JUNE 30, 2017

We know that now with the Oculus Touch and the HTC Vive, but even when VR was simply a screen strapped to your head many felt that hands were the future. We began to develop The Gallery on the first Oculus devkit with the Razer Hydra (a Sixense technology) to deliver surrogate hand tracking and body presence back in 2013.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

Users may utilize visual, sound, and haptic (touch) stimuli to create an immersive manufactured world. They offer superior visuals and performance but are somewhat expensive, and can include the Oculus Rift or Quest , the Vive , and the PlayStation VR, to name a few notable examples. In VR, two lenses are positioned between the screen.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As described in my first HTC Vive Tracker article earlier this year: “Vive Tracker is a wireless, battery-powered SteamVR tracked accessory that provides highly accurate, low latency 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) motion tracking within a roomscale environment.”. Image by Rob Cole). The standard 1.2 After purchasing another active USB 2.0

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

They also feature TruTouch haptic for immersive feedback. With the Touch Plus controllers, there are no tracking rings, common among 6DoF consumer controllers since the introduction of the Oculus Rift. The Plus controllers also feature advanced haptics. and come with low-latency hyper-speed technology.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

To mimic the tactile feedback that you experience in real life, you’ll need sensors and haptics all over your body or at least in significant areas, like the face, hands, and feet. The first hardware generation attempting to solve the body feedback problem will likely use full bodysuits with haptic responses aligned to the VR experience.

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Road to VR

MARCH 29, 2017

SEE ALSO NVIDIA Demonstrates Experimental "Zero Latency" Display Running at 1,700Hz. Here’s a number of others that have caught our eye so far from NASA, Oculus, Pixvana, OTOY, NVIDIA and Stanford’s Computational Imaging Lab. Insights From the First Year of VR – Jason Holtman, Oculus. Register for GTC 2017.

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JULY 19, 2017

Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. Last year, the Synesthesia suit provided a hint at what full-body haptic feedback could feel like. Move in zero gravity using Oculus Touch controllers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 24, 2022

VR is becoming more affordable for a wide range of gaming customers, thanks to tools like the Oculus Quest, which sold 15 million units during just 20 months on the market. For instance, as 5G evolves and expands around the world, we’re likely to see more people using AR technology because of a reduced risk for latency.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2016

Dexta believe that this advanced form of haptic feedback encapsulates a next step in the VR experience. So what’s the next step for VR? They’re the company behind Dexmo, a robotic exoskeleton glove that provides force feedback to simulate the act of touching objects in virtual reality. “You can touch the digital world.”

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. Quest hand tracking is perfect for slower experiences with light interaction. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

This means that there are still some challenges to overcome, such as latency and bandwidth issues. Microsoft is also working to develop new technologies that will enable the industrial metaverse, such as: 5G: 5G will provide the high-speed, low-latency connectivity that is needed to support the industrial metaverse.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. Hands-on With Zero Latency.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

He stresses that he wants his metaverse not to be like these ones… but I also have to remember you that currently, Oculus is the most closed VR platform. Oculus Quest 2 goes 128GB and MR. The Oculus Quest 2’s update pace is always impressive: every month we have new features to play with. Image by Facebook).

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. So you have a freeway system, much bigger freeway system with very little latency. But you can’t move around in it. And then 6DOF means you can look around, left, right, up, down. But then you can also move in those directions.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. So you have a freeway system, much bigger freeway system with very little latency. But you can't move around in it. And then 6DOF means you can look around, left, right, up, down. But then you can also move in those directions.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

So something like an Oculus Go, for example, allows you to look around and be inside of a video. So you have a freeway system, much bigger freeway system with very little latency. But you can’t move around in it. And then 6DOF means you can look around, left, right, up, down. But then you can also move in those directions.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. UnlimitedHand – Armband Haptic Sensor. Teslasuit – E-haptic (sensitization system) Suit.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

VR fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded has just added support for LIV and bHaptics suit , and it is a total blast with haptic feedback! This price is ridiculously low: it is less than what a nreal glass costs, a lot less of a HoloLens 2 and perfectly in line also with the prices of VR headsets like Oculus Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3.

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