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Exiii is Developing Two Haptic Gloves with Different Approaches to Force Feedback

Japan-based startuped Exiii is developing a pair of haptic gloves with force feedback, aimed at making VR more immersive. The company's 'EXOS Wrist' device can rotate your hand about two axes, while the 'EXOS Gripper' providers finger stoppage to simulate...

Tactical Haptics’ New Prototype VR Controller Shapeshifts to Fit Your Game

Tactical Haptics’ newly developed haptic controller prototype uses mechanical sockets that allow them to be mated in different configurations on-the-fly, in order to match a particular virtual interaction more closely than standard VR motion controllers. The controllers incorporate the...

‘Justice League’ IMAX VR Experience to Debut Haptic VR Controller from Tactical Haptics

The new IMAX VR Centres aim to fuse the best arcade VR games with the best peripherals, for an experience you can't get from your home VR headset. For the new (and awkwardly named) Justice League: An IMAX VR...

Hands-on: HaptX Glove Delivers Impressively Detailed Micro-pneumatic Haptics, Force Feedback

The company formerly known as AxonVR, which has raised more than $5 million in venture capital, is rebranding to HaptX, and revealing a feature prototype of a VR glove which uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and force feedback to...
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Striker VR Shows off Working Prototype of ARENA Infinity Haptic VR Gun

Striker VR's ARENA Infinity is a haptic VR gun which can simulate various weapon fire modes and other haptic effects. After revealing the design of the accessory back in April, the company is now showing off a working prototype. Based...

Hands-on: 4 Experimental Haptic Feedback Systems at SIGGRAPH 2016

One of the biggest limitations of current VR technology is the inability to convey a realistic and complete sense of touch. So far, the most you would feel from a modern consumer VR system, like the HTC Vive, is...

Hands-on: Gloveone’s Newest Haptic Glove Has Impressive Tracking Tech

At E3 2016 I got to see the latest prototype version of Gloveone, a haptic motion input glove designed for virtual reality. The prototype now uses its own tracking system which in early testing seems impressively robust. Gloveone, created by...
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Dexta are Making Haptic Exoskeleton Gloves that Lets VR Push Back

Dexta Robotics is pioneering what they see as the next logical step for immersive experiences, being able to touch the virtual world, and to feel it push back. Their Dexmo VR gloves are designed to provide resistance to the...
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Tactical Haptics’ Will Provancher Talks Updated ‘Reactive Grip’ and We Go Hands-on

As Ben Lang says in his interview introduction, Will Provancher is one of the OG's of virtual reality. Tactical Haptic's 'Reactive Grip' controller was one of the few peripherals shown back at GDC 2013 that aimed to enhance...
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I Went Mountain Biking*

Not like taking a few jumps on a raked path in the woods behind my house like I used to do as a kid—I mean really mountain biking, the kind of thing you'd see on a GoPro commercial. The kind...

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 Rift News Bits: DK1 Shipping Ends, Oculus VR Hires Valve VR Wizard, Heads to GDC...

We welcome a return to our regular news roundup for all things concerning the Oculus Rift. This edition looks at the end of an era as DK1 shipping begins to wind down, Oculus Hires Valve's VR Guru and we...

CES 2014: Day Two Roundup. CastAR HD, Next3D, Tactical Haptics and Nthusim HMD

Another hectic day full of cool VR technology and great people; here's a breakdown of what we did and saw on day 2 of the International CES 2014. CastAR Hands-On with their brand new HD Prototype We were invited by Technical...

Tactical Haptics Reactive Grip Kickstarter Needs Your Help—One Day Left

Tactical Haptics launched their Reactive Grip Kickstarter at the beginning of November. After a great start out of the gate, funding has slowed significantly. There's one day left to back the Kickstarter and help make Reactive Grip a reality. Reactive...
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