Archives for Haptics
HaptX Partners with FundamentalVR to Create Touch-Simulating VR Surgery Gloves
FundamentalVR has partnered with HaptX to create a virtual reality gesture tracking and touch-simulating gloves. These haptic-based surgical gloves will enable surgeons under training to use their fingers and hands…
Nissan Using HAPTX VR to Bring a Realistic Touch to Future Car Design
Automotive design traditionally begins with the two-dimensional sketching before the design is eventually brought to life with the full-sized clay models. It’s a very complex, technical and time-consuming task and…
Microsoft Research is Making VR Way More Tangible
The Microsoft Research team is working on new controllers that allow players to grasp soft objects, use a cane for the blind or even play the trombone in VR. Touching…
Fingertip devices let you feel objects in virtual reality
Haptic devices on fingertip can be used to "feel" virtual objects. Photo: Domenico Prattichizzo In just a few years, virtual reality has progressed its way into the market from a…
Kernel – The Company that Wants to Hack the Brain
Kernel is a neuroscience startup and its CEO and main sponsor, Bryan Johnson, doesn’t ask if we should have chips inside out brains, but when will we. Johnson founded Kernel…
Neuralink – Elon Musk’s Plan to Upgrade Humanity
Neuralink is trying to hack the brain, so that mankind can be healthier for longer in the future and enjoy the benefits of treating brain like a computer. Neuralink’s Purpose…
Nanites and Nanotechnology for Use in Virtual Reality and Haptics
With the founding of two companies designed to interface human brains directly with computers using nanotechnology (See this Wired Article) the stage has now been set for next stage of…
Hardlight VR Suit Already Under Production
NullSpace VR announced that the Kickstarter campaign to develop and make Hardlight Suits surpassed any expectations, achieving almost $150,000 in Kickstarter. The goal was to achieve $80,000 but the company…
Sony Buys H2L’s Shares for Haptics Project
Sony bought almost $ Million worth of shares from H2L, the developer of UnlimitedHand, a Haptic Game Controller meant to be used with VR video games. The device provides users…
Electrical Muscle Stimulation Provides VR Haptics
A team of scientists at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany built a wearable that uses electrical muscle stimulation deliver sensation to player’s muscles. It works in a similar way…