Haptics
Project ‘impacto’ is Designed to Let People Really Feel Virtual Reality
The lab of Human Computer Interaction at Germany’s Hasso Plattner Institute has developed impacto, a wearable, wireless device designed “to render the haptic sensation of hitting and being hit in virtual reality.”
Led by Professor Patrick Baudisch, the lab has...
2 VR Gloves Promising Haptic Feedback, 2 Very Different Approaches
There's a coming tide of VR peripherals on the horizon, and haptic gloves represent a compact, and (relatively) cost-efficient solution among the multi-pronged challenge that is VR input.
While infrared depth cameras like Leap Motion and Microsoft Kinect can facilitate...
Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap – Final Days
While we left off with a Day 2 recap, this episode actually wraps up the last several days of GDC and actually takes place several days after the event ended. Why? Because our friends at Road To VR took a...
HapTech is Bringing Realistic Weapon Recoil to a VR Controller for $60
HapTech, formerly Striker VR, are specialising in haptic and recoil simulation for use in gaming peripherals. Ben Lang got to try out the company's new prototype and chat with Founder and President Kyle Monti.
We first covered HapTech, formerly known as...
Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap – Day 2
Time to check in with our pals Ben Lang and Scott Hayden right outside the GDC showroom floor for another update on all of the exciting VR news from today.
Rev VR Podcast: GDC 2015 Recap - Day 2
http://www.reverendkyle.com/media/com_podcastmanager/GDC2015_Recap2.mp3
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Tactical Haptics Returns to GDC 2015 with New Demo for Haptic Controller
Tactical Haptics is coming back to this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco to give a fresh demo of their haptic controller, Reactive Grip. The device aims to give popular motion tracking devices a more immersive feel for in-game...
Sixense STEM + Striker VR Brings Real Recoil to Virtual Weaponry (video)
Sixense, creators of the STEM motion input controller, are showing off an experiment which combines their 'STEM Pack' with Striker VR's weapon recoil system. The result is a weapon that feels real in both form and function, and carries...
Hands-on: Striker VR Pistol Prototype Borrows Design From Halo’s Famous M6 Magnum
We recently went into detail in an interview with Striker VR, a company working on a powerful gun recoil technology for virtual reality. Not shown in that interview was the company's pistol prototype which felt to have even more...
10 Seconds of Testing Striker VR’s Gun Recoil System and I’m Sold – Hands-on and Interview
We've written about Striker VR and their electrically driven weapon recoil system previously, but it wasn't until I met up with the company at Oculus Connect two days ago that I was able to try the system for myself....
Oculus on Unconfirmed VR Input Device: “You’ll Probably Hear More About It [at Connect]…”
While there was lots of great info to come out of our Gamecom 2014 interview with Oculus VR, perhaps the most telling bit was the way the Oculus founder Palmer Luckey answered the question about an unconfirmed VR input...
Cyberith Virtualizer VR Treadmill Kickstarter is Live, Prices Start at $599
Cyberith has been teasing us with the Virtualizer, an omnidirectional VR treadmill, for what seems like ages. Today the device, which promises to allow you to physically walk around virtual worlds, finally launches on Kickstarter starting at $599.Over...
Striker VR Brings Ultra-Realistic Recoil To Virtual Weaponry
Bridging the gaps that still remain in virtual reality once the visual and audio elements are at least 'good enough', VR enthusiasts will surely turn their attention to elements that are missing from their experience whilst trying to reach...
