Tactical Haptics to Open Pre-orders for ‘Reactive Grip’ Dev Kits on May 29th
Tactical Haptics, creators of the ‘Reactive Grip’ controller are due to begin taking dev kit pre-orders on May 29th. Targeting the enterprise and LBE sectors, the company expects pricing to start at...
View ArticleUltrahaptics Relaunches as ‘Ultraleap’ After Leap Motion Acquisition
Leap Motion, the optical hand-tracking firm, was acquired by Bristol, UK-based haptics company Ultrahaptics earlier this year. Now, Ultrahaptics is relaunching under a new name created to reflect its...
View ArticleFeelreal VR Scent Mask Hits Roadblock Amidst Crackdown on Flavored Vaping...
Although the Feelreal scent mask for virtual reality isn’t a nicotine vaping system or e-cigarette, it does vaporize aromatic liquids for user inhalation, which according to the company puts it in same...
View ArticleHands-on with TEGway’s VR Thermal Haptics Dev Kit, Launching in March
Korea-based TEGway, developers of a haptic accessory which generates hot and cold temperatures with impressively low latency, plans to launch a wearable VR thermal haptic dev kit aim in March. We got...
View ArticleHands-on: Experiencing Shock & Awe with Teslasuit’s Electro-stimulation Haptics
Teslasuit is a London-based company that makes an enterprise-focused haptic suit like none other I’ve experienced thus far. I got a chance to go hands-on at CES 2020 this week to find out just what...
View ArticleWireality is an Experimental Haptic Feedback Device Using Shoulder-mounted...
Carnegie Mellon University researchers published a paper recently that proposes a novel VR haptic feedback device, which unlike strictly hand-worn haptic devices, lets you feel objects in VR with a...
View ArticleMilitary Contractor ECS Awarded Grant to Build VR Army Medic Trainer with...
Military contractor, Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS), has received a grant from the federal Small Business Innovation Research program—likely ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million—to pilot...
View ArticleHaptX Secures $1.5M Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence...
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),...
View ArticlebHaptics Announces Pre-orders for TactSuit X Series Haptic Vests, Starting at...
bHaptics, the South Korea-based startup making haptic accessories for VR, today opened pre-orders for two new versions of its TactSuit haptic vests. Starting today, you can put your money down on two...
View ArticleHaptX Launches New & Improved DK2 Haptic VR Gloves for Enterprise
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,...
View ArticleHaptX’s Latest Haptic Gloves Are Smaller and Cheaper, But Still Bulky and...
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. The...
View ArticleThe Five Most Interesting VR Haptic Technologies I’ve Seen in the Last Five...
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...
View ArticleRazer Launches Free Haptic Authoring Tool for Quest, PS5, & More
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...
View ArticleSenseGlove Raises €3.25M in Series A Funding Round to Advance VR Haptic Gloves
SenseGlove, a Netherlands-based creator of XR haptic gloves, has secured €3.25 million (~$3.5 million) in a series A funding round, something the company says will be used to accelerate its...
View ArticleUbisoft to Support Haptic Vest in ‘Assassin’s Creed Mirage’, But No Word Yet...
Earlier this month Ubisoft announced a new brand deal with haptic clothing creator OWO, which produces a thin and light shirt featuring electrode-based haptics. Strangely enough, the partnership isn’t...
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