The World Is 3D and Media Should Be Too
The following article, The World Is 3D and Media Should Be Too, is republished from the Immerse site on Medium. Nonny De La Peña is one of the founding leaders in the contemporary VR revolution and …
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New Research on Lighter and Thinner VR Haptic Gloves
Haptic devices are hardly where we would like them to be, but 2020 is turning out to be a year of exciting developments. The Feelbelt Kickstarter project promises to deliver a wearable belt before the end …
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New VR Treadmill Blows Past its Kickstarter Funding Goal
We’ve never been a huge fan of VR treadmills. For one, living in small apartments in New York City precludes their use. Much as I want locomotion in VR, I still want my couch, and there …
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Haptic Feedback Belt Offers Innovative Solution for Immersive Experiences
Expanding the range of sensations is essential to the development of virtual reality. A new haptic feedback belt from the German company Feelbelt is an innovative solution to the technical challenges. Unlike complex gloves or bulky …
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New Skin Patch Could Add Virtual Touch to VR
A newly invented skin patch could bring virtual touch to our VR experiences. Up to now, virtual reality has mostly been confined to visual and audio sensations. Adding haptics through virtual touch would open new opportunities …
Is Wearable Skin the Haptic Breakthrough for VR?
Ready for an ultrathin layer of wearable skin? It may be precisely what we need for haptic feedback in our virtual experiences. There’s several haptic solutions coming to the market, from full-body suits to HMD attachments that …
SIGGRAPH 2019: On the Cutting Edge of VR and AR
The developments on display at the SIGGRAPH 2019 conference marked a fascinating week in VR and AR. It’s easily one of the most important events in the industry, appealing to researchers, artists, and media professionals. Not …
Haptic feedback: the Surprising Sensation of Weight in VR
The SIGGRAPH 2019 conference brought a number of haptic feedback developments to light. One of the most intriguing addressed a missing element in our current solutions – the sensation of weight in VR. Up to now, …
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Feel VR experiences with the Ryg haptic vest
Virtual reality has been all about sight, but the Ryg haptic vest gives you new ways to feel VR experiences. To our mind, haptic vests have been what we’d charitably call a work in progress. They’ve gotten sleeker, do …
Full body VR – the HoloSuit haptic feedback outfit
If you’re ready for a full body VR experience, you might want to take a look at the HoloSuit project on Kickstarter. Put this on and you’ll definitely feel like you’re entering the virtual reality experiences …
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Plexus VR Gloves – we may soon feel our way around in VR
The Plexus VR Gloves took a step closer to release this week with an announcement of developer reservations. You can’t get your hands on them (or in them) just yet, but the San Francisco startup is …
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Sensation in VR – are sensory reality pods in our future?
Sensation in VR outside of haptic vests remains a major challenge. We’ve tried immersive experiences incorporating smell and wind and they’ve always left us wanting more. Or wishing the developers had just left our senses alone …
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Haptx VR Glove – the glove that makes the virtual feel real
The Haptx VR Glove was a major hit at the Sundance Film Festival. Demos of haptic tech at film festivals are becoming more common as media plunges toward a fully immersive experience. Here’s the short promo video …
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Teslasuit: Feeling Virtual Reality in a Full Body Suit
How about feeling virtual reality experiences? Up to now, VR has concentrated on the visual side, being able to see your hands or virtually pick up objects in VR. But almost nothing has been done on …
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