AR Insider

JULY 21, 2023

While at AWE this year, Editor at Large Emily Olman had the chance to be one of the first to experience new multiuser haptics developed by HaptX. We have video footage and top takeaways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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ARVR

JUNE 4, 2021

The Haptics club is an Open community about #Haptics. Alex Meland is a Community Manager at bHaptics , and passionate about the world of haptics. bHaptics is a company that specialized in full-body haptic suits. Alex Meland is a Community Manager at bHaptics , and passionate about the world of haptics.

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ARPost

JULY 7, 2020

The video aspect can feel immersive. 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.

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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. The group shared a concept video of what it believes will be possible with the technology. ” Always-on Haptics. Input on the Wrist.

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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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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

JANUARY 9, 2025

The concept, which is currently being shown at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, is said tocombine “the latest technologies including Sony’s Crystal LED panels, engaging audio, haptics, scent and atmospherics with interactive PlayStation game content.”

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Exiii , a Japan-based startup working in VR haptics, is starting a free rental program across the US and Japan that will let developers go hands-on with the company’s latest haptic developer kit, EXOS Wrist DK2 , for up to six months, free of charge. Check out the demonstration video below to see EXOS Wrist DK2 in action.

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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

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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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.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Researchers at The Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam, Germany, published a video recently showing a novel solution to the problem of wearable haptics for augmented reality. The post Researchers Electrically Stimulate Muscles in Haptic Designed for Hands-free AR Input appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 17, 2018

I went to the company’s SF Bay location to try the iFly VR experience first hand, and came away feeling like I got to experience the ultimate haptic simulation. Once I was in position, with the instructor there ready to pull me into the chamber, he hit a button on the headset which switched the view to the pre-recorded 360 video.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Striker VR is developing a haptic gun peripheral for out-of-home VR attractions, which has the most powerful and responsive recoil that I’ve ever tested. This video from earlier this year explores how it works. The software can also be used to program the guns with new haptic effects.

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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

MAY 15, 2021

This might be the strangest haptic feedback device we’ve seen yet. In the video provided we see the user sampling a variety of pillow covers, each featuring their own unique stiffness, roughness, and surface height differences. In addition to fur, the HairTouch device can also be used to simulate various other textures in VR.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 5, 2025

Wearable haptics, for business use cases like training, collaboration, and even product design, are becoming increasingly popular. Companies are experimenting with vests, full-body suits, haptic chairs, rings, wristbands the works. Wearable haptics for business take the immersion a step further, by incorporating the sense of touch.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

It’ll be compatible with Quest 2’s entire library with more titles coming. More details at our Connect conference on September 27.

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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

APRIL 1, 2022

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. For the few minutes of the video, I was fairly convinced this might be a real project.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

SenseGlove video review. This post contains a very detailed review of the SenseGlove force-feedback gloves, but if you don’t like walls of texts and prefer a more agile video review, then I got you covered! Have fun watching this review video. Haptics quality. What is SenseGlove?

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ARPost

JULY 26, 2021

Along with premium visuals, sounds, and even scents, VR chairs are taking video games to a whole new level. Virtual reality chairs have built-in haptic capabilities that create vibrations and motions. The addition of virtual reality chairs to the world of gaming is bringing novel experiences to players all around the globe.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props. Haptic technologies were represented at CES very well especially by two companies: OWO and bHaptics. OWO Haptic Vest (Image by OWO).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2022

On the last day at AWE, I had some cool demos on the show floor, but the one that I will never forget has been OWO, the haptic shirt that traumatized me. Owo Haptic Vest (Image by OWO). OWO is a Spanish startup that is proposing this haptic shirt able to provide you with touch sensations via electrical stimuli.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In addition to this new internals, the Quest 2 features a smaller, lighter design (10% less weight than the original Quest), an all-new Soft Touch strap, and improved ergonomics and haptics for the Touch controllers. This was followed by two introductory Quest 2 videos accidentally posted to Facebook’s Blueprint Developer website.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In a new gameplay video, Supermassive shows off the feature as it plays out beyond the big ‘DON’T BLINK’ doors, revealing a room full of grotesque mannequins which only move when you blink—and they’re entirely focused on attacking you if they can.

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VRScout

JUNE 15, 2022

Researchers working out of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland recently conducted a study detailing how VR could be a more effective tool for surgical training compared to conventional reading and video methods as well as a practical alternative to physical simulation.

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2022

According to a new rumor, however, Horizon might not be the only popular video game franchise heading to the PS VR2. While we still don’t know exactly what the PS VR2 looks like, we did learn that the headset features a 4K resolution, 110-degree field-of-view, and headset-based haptics.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 15, 2024

and the Teslasuit haptic suit. Some of the demos were pretty cool because they involved simulators: for instance, I was able to drive a racing car with all the haptic effects on the steering wheel inside a simulator. Teslasuit hands-on One of the most interesting demos I had at Somnium Connect was with the Teslasuit haptic suit.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2023

She told me that the jacket was a haptic device that was custom-made by her. Me wearing the haptic jacket at the booth of the experience The experience started with something that resembled a point cloud scanned from an office where Chloé was sitting down on a chair. The experience is a story that unfolds around you.

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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. Astonishing video of the HaptX gloves in action. Dexmo haptic feedback.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Their Fundamental Surgery platform, which also uses HaptX technology to provide realistic haptic feedback during a VR simulation, lets you have that important “hands-on” training that looks and feels real, almost as if you were standing in the operating room. If you’re going to make a mistake, this is the environment to do it.

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ARPost

AUGUST 19, 2020

They will use a high-resolution video feed, haptic motion, and stereoscopic computer-generated elements to provide an immersive virtual experience. 360-degree videos are not new in music. They’ll sit in haptic moving seats and enjoy snacks and merchandise. How Virtual Reality Is Reshaping Live Music.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2025

They are just meant to see phone notifications and make photos and videos; this is not something for which people would spend $1000 on top of their phone. P eople wanting to make photos and videos can buy a Ray-Ban Meta, devs that want to experiment with development with smartglasses can buy more open smartglasses (e.g.

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