VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

It could be the stepping stone into creating a real virtual world, perhaps without (or with less) moderation. AI not only affects the virtual environment, but could be critical in improving the haptics and motion-gear associated with VR as well. AI’s implications are larger than just this, though. Image Credit: Engadget.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

SEE ALSO HapTech is Aiming its Electromagnetic Haptics at Military VR Training. ECS plans to partner with the Mayo Clinic to guide the medical aspects of the system and with HaptX to employ the use of the company’s advanced haptic gloves to increase the realism of the VR training program.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 13, 2017

Oculus has added new documentation to their developer knowledge base detailing the ‘buffered haptics’ feature of the Oculus SDK, a method for programming more advanced haptic feedback from the company’s Touch controllers. The SDK supports two approaches to controller haptics, Buffered and Non-buffered.

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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

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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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

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

OCTOBER 26, 2018

HaptX, a company building a VR glove offering impressively detailed haptic feedback as well as force feedback, is steadily improving. Let’s get this out of the way up front: there’s still much room for improvement to HaptX’s haptic force feedback glove. Photo by Road to VR. Continued on Page 2 ».

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2018

Could one of these intuitive prototypes deliver the immersive haptic feedback users have been clamoring for? . Allowing users to interact with the virtual world using their own two hands is a key component in truly selling an experience and immersing participants.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2019

Switzerland-based Foldaway Haptics is building a haptic joystick with force feedback. Over the years we’ve seen some really awesome haptic tech, like the HaptX glove that offers compelling tactile sensations and force-feedback on all five fingers. That makes Foldaway Haptics’ solution quite interesting.

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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. Pulse is a promising alternative to existing haptic devices that are out of reach for most consumers due to the steep price.”

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2017

I’ve tried a few different thermal haptic devices throughout the course of my VR reporting, but nothing that really impressed me. I got to try the ThermoReal thermoelectric skin at the Vive X Batch 2 demo day in San Francisco this week and it’s led me to become a believer in the value of thermal haptics for the first time.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Somnium Space and TESLASUIT partner to bring full-body haptics to social VR with the Somnium X TESLASUIT DK1. Thanks to recent developments in haptic technology, this collective dream is finally becoming a reality. Raindrops – You’ll feel the rain hit your body inside of the Somnium VR world. “We

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2022

It is a little box you could put on your table to feel haptic sensations on your hands without wearing any kind of gloves. I’ve always been curious about trying it, because I wondered how well it is able to recreate the haptics sensations on your hands, and thanks to the kindness of the Ultraleap guys, I have been able to do that.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

HaptX, a producer of haptic VR gloves, today announced it’s secured $12 million in its Series A financing round. Founded in 2012 (then known as AxonVR), HaptX has been focused on creating haptic gloves for use in VR, training, and robotics. HaptX will be showing off its latest work in haptics at CES in January 2020.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Since that debut, BeBop Sensors has been working non-stop on its enterprise-friendly haptic technology. According to Bebop Sensors, the latency between your real-world actions and what happens in VR is virtually unnoticeable. The post Smart Fabric Technology Brings Touch Haptics To The Oculus Quest appeared first on VRScout.

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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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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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ARPost

JULY 26, 2021

Virtual reality chairs have built-in haptic capabilities that create vibrations and motions. Instead of just seeing the digital environment unfold before your eyes, the built-in haptic capabilities of VR chairs will make you feel like you’ve been placed inside the game. Roto VR virtual reality chairs.

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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. How does it work?

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ARPost

JULY 27, 2022

You’re often completely alone in a virtual world, with no one else around. This allows you to bring those objects into the virtual world with you. These controllers allow you to interact with the virtual world in a much more natural way. bHaptics TactSuit X40 Haptic Vest.

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VRScout

JANUARY 3, 2021

Despite the considerable advances in immersive technology these past few years, simulating physical locomotion in a virtual environment remains one of the most difficult aspects of developing interactive VR content. Holotron works by sensing your movements and replicating said actions in VR using “virtual muscles.”

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ARPost

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In Symbiosis , participants are taken 200 years into the future, to a world where mixed life forms walk the earth and have a symbiotic relationship. They wear individualized haptic suits that manipulate their body and posture, as well as alter their sensory perceptions. Here, they share foods in both the virtual and real worlds.

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VRScout

MAY 13, 2022

A research team working out of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in Austria has developed a unique accessory for the Meta Quest 2 VR headset that allows users to interact with the virtual world by simply breathing. In a video provided by the team, we catch a glimpse of the device being used to play the harmonica.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

Technology can augment the world around us, it can enhance the human experience, our capabilities, and also extend our reality to digital and virtual worlds. As new haptic and biometric sensory technologies become more refined, more sophisticated interfaces will begin to emerge. . Just how far away is full-dive VR?

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ARPost

JUNE 29, 2021

Virtual reality offers 360-degree fully immersive experiences that can take the horror genre to a whole new level. It breaks conventions using a combination of images, sound, haptics, and other stimuli. It has the ability to simulate hundreds of scents, enabling its users to fully immerse themselves into virtual worlds.

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ARPost

MAY 1, 2023

With each experience we create, our goal is to push ourselves to invent new ways to immerse players in virtual worlds,” he stated in a press release shared with ARPost. Set in a castle in a fantasy world, VR game Seekers of the Shard: Dragonfire sees players come together as a group of explorers.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The company’s titular device includes nine axis IMUs for each foot, haptic motors, and Qi wireless charging. Two haptic motors for each foot let users ‘feel’ the virtual world beneath their feet—something that could really up the immersion depending on the size of the T-Rex you’re hiding from.

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VRScout

MARCH 18, 2021

PS5 VR users can look forward to improvements such as adaptive triggers, finger-touch detection, and haptic feedback, just to name a few. The above-mentioned “adaptive” triggers deliver a sense of palpable tension when pressed, allowing you to feel the resistance as you draw your virtual bow or pull the trigger of your gun.

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EON Reality

OCTOBER 18, 2023

EON Reality and Microtube Technologies partner to provide immersive haptic experiences. Leveraging EON Reality’s AI-powered extended reality solutions, the partnership aims to enhance the immersive learning experience by providing a sense of touch in the digital world. Photo Credit: Microtube Technologies Pte Ltd.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2021

They used their VR developing skills to create a new virtual world, where the user is not just a spectator, but a participant. Why the Need for a Virtual Reality Stadium? The Future Is Virtual for All Types of Events. Virtex Stadium is proof that people can enjoy life in a virtual world, just as they do in the real world.

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VRScout

MAY 8, 2023

Lopes and his team created a mechanical backpack called JumpMod that can help enhance the sensation of falling and jumping in the virtual world by moving your weight up and down through simulating forces on your body. You can read more about JumpMod here.

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ARPost

JANUARY 6, 2021

An avatar is the 3D representation of the user in the virtual world. Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE). This is a virtual reality environment, delimited by 3 to 6 walls. This is one of the VR terms that refers to the connection between the real world and the virtual world. Embodied presence.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Lasting around 20 minutes, this bizarre location-based art project had me interacting with a live actor represented as a friendly scarecrow in the virtual world. Here, I took part in a chaotic fairy-tale adventure that had us fighting off virtual crows, painting 3D art, and performing a handful of magic tricks.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 15, 2019

The world of Ready Player One might be a lot closer than we think. At South by Southwest, Tech Trends checks out the haptic suit that promises to take immersion to the next level. . It’s the virtual reality body suit that people might imagine when they think of such things Click To Tweet. By Laura Kobylecky.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 4, 2024

According to VirtuWalk’s website, its VR technology centres around its treadmill that allows users to experience the feeling of walking within a virtual world, with a patented handlebar for navigating around corners, and a VR headset to view the simulations. “Visit Rome in the time of Julius Caesar.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This means a user can enjoy every frequency range they can hear (acoustic audio) and feel (haptic and tactile audio, also known as physical audio),” said Castro and Salomaki. With ResonX and its ability to bring embodied audio to life, users can now have richer experiences in virtual worlds. Embracing Innovation in the VR Space.

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