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New haptic gloves aim to make controllers obsolete

New haptic gloves aim to make controllers obsolete

Image: Diver-X The article can only be viewed with JavaScript enabled. Please enable JavaScript in your browser and reload the page. Haptic gloves provide tactile feedback in VR, but cannot replace sticks and buttons. The ContactGlove supposedly solves this problem. Haptic gloves are a fascinating technology for making virtual reality literally tangible. VW has already …

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Researchers aim to 3D print a haptic virtual reality glove with artificial muscles

Researchers aim to 3D print a haptic virtual reality glove with artificial muscles

Image: Herbert Shea, EPFL The article can only be viewed with JavaScript enabled. Please enable JavaScript in your browser and reload the page. Researchers are working on a custom 3D-printed VR glove fitted with artificial muscles. The team aims to be the first in the world to print a haptic VR glove. ETH Zurich is …

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Researchers aim to 3D print a haptic virtual reality glove with artificial muscles

Researchers aim to 3D print a haptic virtual reality glove with artificial muscles

Image: Herbert Shea, EPFL The article can only be viewed with JavaScript enabled. Please enable JavaScript in your browser and reload the page. Researchers are working on a custom 3D-printed VR glove fitted with artificial muscles. The team aims to be the first in the world to print a haptic VR glove. ETH Zurich is …

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The 5 Most Interesting Haptic VR Technologies I've Seen in the Last 5 Five Years

The 5 Most Interesting Haptic VR Technologies I’ve Seen in the Last 5 Five Years

Next to sight and sound, haptics is one of the most suspended fruits to create immersion in virtual reality. But beyond the rumble we have in today’s VR controllers, there are plenty of other immersive haptic technologies that haven’t yet been widely adopted. Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to see a wide range …

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Sony plans to revamp sound feedback with proposed ultrasonic haptic patent

Sony plans to revamp sound feedback with proposed ultrasonic haptic patent

Haptics is a growing topic in the gaming industry thanks to the popularity of virtual reality and gamers’ desire to feel their virtual environments as viscerally as they see and hear them. The use of haptic feedback significantly but subtly improves immersion. Currently, this mainly applies to console games. Due to their widespread appeal, console …

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