The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The price was also through the roof and the device was devoted to big companies and the military, especially for training purposes. This is necessary to provide the special haptic sensation I described you before, but it limits a lot the usability and the portability of the device.

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MARCH 27, 2021

FundamentalVR’s multi-person training platform could be the future of remote education for the growing medical sector. ” Not too long ago I had a chance to experience this intuitive training solution for myself and my results were—predictable to say the least. Image Credit: FundamentalVR. Image Credit: FundamentalVR.

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JUNE 15, 2022

Osso VR’s training platform is currently being used by a number of healthcare centers around the world. The results were fairly surprising, with VR training being subjectively higher-rated than conventional reading and video methods. For more information on the company and its offerings visit here. Image Credit: Osso VR.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

HapTech aiming its impressive electromagnetic recoil system toward military VR training. The company recently demonstrated how their haptic tech can scale all the way up to the Browning M2, a mounted.50 But the company also has ambitions in more serious uses of its tech and is gunning for use in military VR training.

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JULY 9, 2020

million—to pilot a virtual reality training program for U.S. Founded in 1997, ECS is a Florida-based contractor which builds digital training and other tech solutions for the U.S. The grant is to support the development of a virtual reality training program for U.S. Army medics.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Another technology space, Meta, is keen to crack the haptics market. It is a space early in its development yet key in providing advanced levels of immersion, input, and feedback during enterprise operations such as training sessions. Haptic feedback comes in many hardware forms, such as gloves or controllers.

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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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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. Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) uses controlled electrical impulses applied to the muscles, typically in physical training.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Sense Arena, a VR sports training provider based out of the Czech Republic, is one such company working to modernize the world of sports training through the use of immersive technology. These mounts also feature their own dedicated motors, resulting in realistic haptic feedback every time you make contact with the puck.

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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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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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APRIL 21, 2023

SenseGlove, a Netherlands-based creator of XR haptic gloves, has secured €3.25 million) in a series A funding round, something the company says will be used to accelerate its enterprise-focused SenseGlove Nova haptic gloves. million (~$3.5 million (~$6 million). Previous rounds included investors Forward.One and Value Creation Capital.

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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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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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JULY 22, 2021

HaptX, the company building VR gloves with advanced haptics, this week announced that is has raised $12 million in a Series A-1 investment which will be used to open a new headquarters based in Redmond, WA, and expand its team. The bulky, high-end gloves are primarily aimed at novel enterprise, training, and simulation use-cases.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 18, 2020

GIGXR launches AR tool designed for medical training. Students can join training sessions remotely for applications such as HoloPatient. Hands-on training is essential when it comes to the healthcare field. In a recent study published by the NCSBN , clinical simulation represents as much as 50% of training for nursing students.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The company behind the force feedback haptic gloves HaptX and research teams from Virginia Tech and University of Florida have secured a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), something the group says will allow them to build full-body haptic and force feedback tech for VR and robotics.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the last few years, there’s been less hype around VR gloves and haptic accessories in the extended reality space. However, as the adoption of virtual reality grows in the business landscape for training, product development, and collaboration, this is beginning to change. What are VR Gloves Used for?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

AI not only affects the virtual environment, but could be critical in improving the haptics and motion-gear associated with VR as well. That leaves three different solutions: graspable, wearable and touchable haptic systems. Their suit is optimized for haptic feedback, motion capture, temperature control, and biometrics.

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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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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Indie VR studio REZZIL today announced it’s bringing REZZIL PLAYER, the VR sports training game, to PSVR 2 soon. The immersive training game now boasts over 160 levels and 40 items of sports kit for avatars.

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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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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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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

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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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

According to a 2015 commission report launched at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, UK, 5 Billion people still don’t have access to safe surgery due to a lack of trained professionals. The truth is that the method in which surgeons are trained has changed very little over the past 150 years. In the U.S.

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MARCH 22, 2019

‘Studio’ offers immersive, easy-to-learn VR training with Manus VR Gloves. Manus VR, best known for their cutting-edge haptic feedback VR gloves , have been using their proprietary tech in a variety of fields for years, influencing everything from motion capture and automobile production, to immersive gaming and healthcare.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

VR surgical training platform FundamentalVR today announced it has raised a $20 million Series B investment to further expand its VR surgical training platform. ” The goal, says the company, is to make it more affordable for medical institutions to bring “professionally accredited surgical training [to] their organizations.”

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2018

This is the promise of HaptX , a haptic technology company, that has unveiled their HaptX Gloves Development Kit. Instead the HaptX Gloves are targeted to larger industrial corporate clients looking to deploy virtual training solutions that require force feedback and sub-millimeter precision. Still no word yet on pricing.

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MARCH 8, 2019

Tactical Haptics has been working on a unique haptic controller design since its founding in 2013. Reactive Grip is a haptic controller that relies on third-party positional tracking standards such as Oculus Touch, SteamVR tracking, and OptiTrak. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics.

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JUNE 13, 2017

9,652,037 of a “whole-body human-computer interface” on May 16th, which includes an external exoskeleton as well as a generalized haptic display made out of microfluidic technology. The post AxonVR is Building a Generalized Haptic Display appeared first on Road to VR. AxonVR was awarded US Patent No. Support Voices of VR.

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MAY 20, 2019

How Virtual Reality training can help healthcare professionals retain crucial information. Although the retention rates depend upon the nature of initial training and the type of information studied, the shape remains the same. This is a serious problem in any training setting, but is especially problematic in healthcare.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Todays teams are turning to virtual reality for training, collaboration, product development, and even customer service. Need to learn more about the benefits of VR headsets for productivity, collaboration or training? It even has an integrated set of cameras for crisp passthrough capabilities perfect in training scenarios.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

HaptX (formerly AxonVR) today unveiled the HaptX Gloves Development Kit , an “industrial-grade” VR haptic glove that uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and delivers force-feedback to the fingers. SEE ALSO Hands-on: HaptX Glove Delivers Impressively Detailed Micro-pneumatic Haptics, Force Feedback.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I have been able to speak for almost one hour with Jeremy Bailenson , which is the professor at Stanford that is a legend in the VR field for his studies on interactions, psychology, and training in Virtual Reality. Dangerous: training firefighters. His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Walmart associates will now have access to the same VR training their managers receive at Walmart Academies. Now, in the wake of their first year utilizing the immersive tech, the company is doubling down its efforts to integrate VR into the their training program by delivering VR headsets to every Walmart branch within the United States.

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