Controller feedback hasn’t changed that much since the days of the Nintendo 64: something happens to your on-screen virtual avatar, and the controller rumbles in your hands to alert you. Although there have been tweaks, this has been the standard mechanism all the way up through the latest generation of consoles, the just-released PlayStation 4 …
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Reactive Grip is the work of Tactical Haptics, a company that specializes in commercializing haptic technology. The controller works with the help of a physics engine that uses muscle feedback in combination with virtual reality environments. The controller takes a digital representation of whatever virtual object you’re holding, measures yours hands and computes the physical …
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What does the future have in store for the way we control video games? Cameron Robinson investigates in Reality Check. See coverage of Tactical Haptics at 2:06 of the video
A company called Tactical Haptics wants to give video games a sense of touch in a way that could put rumble packs to shame. Founder and CEO William Provancher told Mashable that his company has built a virtual reality device called Reactive Grip, a combination of software and hardware that lets video game players use …
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The Reactive Grip controller has been designed to add additional feedback and touch to virtual reality games and has been designed to be used with the likes of the Oculus Rift headset, but can also be used on its own if desired…
“The first response is always a ‘wow’ and a double-take when they look at their hand,” said Markus Montandon, lead project developer for the new controller. “People are just so surprised at the difference between this and a simple vibration. Just that sense of connection to something virtual is, I think, what is most surprising.” …
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A group of mechanical engineers have created something they believe will change the world of gaming, essentially by going beyond the buzz. They have designed a new controller or reactive grip which gives feedback to the gamer that’s more than just a vibration. Markus Montandon is the lead product developer with Tactical Haptics – the …
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[While we apply frictional forces to the hand rather than move weights around inside our controller, we still appreciate the coverage by Mashable.] See the video (same video as shown in Dec. 6 Mashable story)
Get in on the ground floor as we look at the most exciting crowdfunded tech projects out there right now. This week: Reactive Grip, a cross-game controller that replicates motion and force by moving slider plates on three sides of a player-gripped handle. The movement of the bars gives the player a sense of an …
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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 …