A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to interview Dr. William Provancher, Founder of Tactical Haptics. His team has been working on an exciting new controller (the “Reactive Grip” controller) for gamers and VR enthusiasts, and today marks the launch of their Kickstarter!William is back to share the latest details, and highlights some content …
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The traditional idea of a gaming controller is something passive: you use it to tell the game what you want to happen, simple as that. But gaming is really all about interaction. For the most immersive experience possible, when something happens to your character in-game, you want to feel like it’s actually happening to you. …
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Dr. William Provancher at the University of Utah builds fantastic toys, like robots that can climb up carpeted walls and gamepads which let players touch a virtual surface. Now, he’s trying to commercialize a game controller that lets you feel virtual objects as if they existed in the real world. His new company Tactical Haptics …
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William Provancher wants you to get a grip. His startup, Tactical Haptics, is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund small-scale production of a new kind of touch feedback game controller, dubbed Reactive Grip. Reactive Grip gives you feedback in both hands.The Reactive Grip gives you much sharper sensations than the aging “rumble” game controllers with …
Contest Winner Announced We’re happy to announce the winner of the below contest, who will receive a free Dev Kit next fall. We thank all those that registered on our website and posting your great ideas for what you’d like to do with your Reactive Grip haptic game controller. And the winner of the is …