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Using Your Body as an Input Controller with OBE Immersive

Linda Lobato is the CEO and co-founder of OBE Immersive, which is a wearable tech start-up that is part of the current Rothenberg River Program. She previously raised $77,000 to kickstart a MIDI Controller Jacket, and after seeing an...

VR Interface Design Insights from Mike Alger

Mike Alger just finished up his master's degree focusing on VR interaction design methods, and he's released a couple of popular videos summarizing his insights into immersive usr interfaces. I caught up with Mike at the Seattle VR expo...
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Hands On: SMI Proves that Foveated Rendering is Here and it Really Works

SMI, a company working in the field of gaze detection for over 20 years, hit CES this year with an application of their latest 250hz eye tracking solution coupled with a holy grail for 2nd generation virtual reality - FOVeated...

Close Up With ‘Rink’, Gear VR’s Prototype Motion Controller

We caught up with the developers of Rink, a new wireless motion controller that uses a combination of magnetic field enabled positional tracking and infra-red finger tracking. Here's a closer look at the new motion controllers which we wrote about...
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Hands on With the Latest Infinadeck Treadmill at CES 2016

Infinadeck, the active omnidirectional treadmill is back after it's debut at SVVR Expo 2014. The latest prototype is on show at CES 2016 in a form that's half the size, twice as quiet and now includes a harness to...

Virtuix to Hold eSports ‘Omni Arena’ Tournament at CES

Virtuix are back at CES once again, and this time they're getting all competitive as they prepare to hold they're first multiplayer VR eSports tournament using the Omni VR treadmill, in their new made-for-Omni title, Omni Arena. Virtuix have spent...

‘Teslasuit’ Kickstarter is Live, Full Body Haptic Suits Start at £1199

Teslasuit, the full body haptic 'skin' which uses an 'electro-tactile' feedback system to give the wearer sensations of touch, force and even warmth, has now hit Kickstarter but, perhaps predictably, it ain't cheap! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/247607504/teslasuit-feel-what-you-play?ref=nav_search We told you yesterday that UK based...

More Images of ‘Rink’, Samsung’s Gear VR Motion Controller Surface

We covered the news today that Samsung will be debuting a new motion controller designed specifically for virtual reality and it's Gear VR headset at CES next week. Now, some new images have surfaced of the devices which give...

‘Teslasuit’ is a Tactile Skin that Lets You Feel VR, Kickstarter Jan 1st

A UK based company company who has integrated EMS (Electro Muscular Stimulation) into a wireless suit, they claim is capable of allowing you to feel sensations ranging from a cool breeze to the impact of a bullet. VR headsets are,...

Samsung to Demo Gear VR Motion Controller ‘rink’ at CES 2016

The Samsung and Oculus engineered Gear VR mobile headset is available in many countries now at retail, but unlike it's desktop brethren from Oculus and Valve / HTC, it currently relies on basic, standard input for its applications. Samsung...
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Manus VR Experiment with Valve’s Lighthouse to Track VR Gloves

The Manus VR team demonstrate their latest experiment, utilising Valve's laser-based Lighthouse system to track their in-development VR glove. Manus VR (previously Manus Machina), the company from Eindhoven, Netherlands dedicated to building VR input devices, seem have gained momentum in 2015....
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Virtuix Omni Walks the Wasteland in Fallout 4, Powered by VorpX

The Virtuix Omni is well on its way to being the first consumer-facing VR treadmill to hit the market, with the first shipments set to go out in next month. In the mean time, Virtuix is keeping the hype...
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Sixense Reveals 3 New STEM VR Controller Demo Videos

Sixense's wireless motion controller system STEM and its protracted development process seems finally to be nearing an end. To that end, the company have released 3 new videos of demo games early adopters will receive along with their hardware. STEM's...

VRGO Passes Kickstarter Goal, Announces Stretch Goal and Referral Program

VRGO, the wireless motion controller using inertial input that you sit on, has passed it's £20,000 Kickstarter goal and has announced a stretch goal to provide a customised version of the chair. VRGO offers a seat, loaded with inertial sensors that...

Technolust’s ‘Cloudstep’ VR Locomotion and Overcoming the Uncanny Valley by Coding Social Behaviors

Blair Renaud is the creator of Technolust, and he talks about his strategy for creating different experiences out of the Technolust universe for the Vive, Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, and Gear VR. Technolust has been one of the early...
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