Tag: haptics
More about Ford’s VR facilities
DigitalTrends has made a nice visit to Ford’s VR facilities (which I already talked about here), notably the Programmable Vehicle Model (PVM) and the Digital Preassembly Lab, but also the VIRTTEX driving simulator : There are two things…
Read More »Ultrasonic haptics
The University of Tokyo has demonstrated at Siggraph an interesting haptics system where you can feel contact .. without any contact ! From the paper : “Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display [Iwamoto et al. 2008]†is a tactile display…
Read More »The story behind the Novint Falcon
The Financial Times has an interesting article about the creation and the innovative business model of the Falcon haptics device :  “They said: ‘How are you going to get game support when you don’t have an installed base…
Read More »Maglev Haptics
This article at NewsScientists talks about a new haptics device “levitated by magnets”. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isu7r3Ywqp0&eurl=http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13410-maglev-joystick-gives-better-feedback.html[/youtube] Ralph Hollis and colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US, developed a haptic device with just one moving part. (…) A bowl with electromagnets…
Read More »iVibe Tactile Feedback System
iVibe.com is selling tactile feedback sits for $239.95 : The TFSU itself is a thick and durable seat cushion made of the highest quality fabric laminated polyurethane foam. It will fit in the chair you already use right…
Read More »Cheap “impact-generating” device
The 3rdSpace® Vest from TN Games allows you to feel impacts of bullets and punches inside the game. It works with air micro-compressors that generate impacts like “3 year old punching you” (words from a tester in the…
Read More »IPT/EGVE 2007 – Hardware
I just returned from Weimar, Germany, attending the Immersive Projection Technologies/Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments. This has been a really interesting event. I’ve met some very nice people and learned a lot of things! I’ll try to speak…
Read More »Some haptics fun
Lionel Dominjon is a haptics master; he can make a PHANToM dance ! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnRhska8f34[/youtube]
Read More »Novint Falcon Demo, begins shipping June18th 2007 for $239.
From Novint webpage : The highly anticipated, award-winning Novint Falcon will begin shipping in a Limited Edition Bundle on June 18th, 2007. The exclusive bundle includes a Limited Edition Falcon, Newton’s Monkey Business Game Pack, with 24 fun…
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