Category: haptic

Facebook’s prototype VR bangle squeezes and vibrates your wrists

Post author By Randall
Post date July 22, 2019
Categories In Ar, av, Facebook, gear, haptic, oculus, reality labs, tasbi, Tech, vr, Wearables, wristband

[ad_1] As explained by UploadVR, the idea is that you’d wear one Tasbi unit on each wrist, letting you get a sensation when you pick up objects, push buttons or touch a surface. Apparently, even though your fingers aren’t touching anything, Tasbi is smart enough to make you think you are. Sadly, Tasbi doesn’t do […]

Netflix experiment rumbles your phone during shows

Post author By Randall
Post date June 20, 2019
Categories In Ai, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment, gear, hack day, haptic, haptic feedback, Internet, Mobile, Netflix, rumble pak, services, streaming, Tech, terravision, Video

[ad_1] Other projects are more clever than pragmatic, but they could still have their uses. The Voice of Netflix uses a neural network to grab dialogue from streaming shows and turn them into new sentences on demand. If you want to hear characters from The Crown recite something silly, you can. TerraVision helps show producers […]

Microsoft designs an Xbox controller with Braille

Post author By Randall
Post date May 7, 2019
Categories In accessibility, adaptive controller, braille, controller, gadgetry, Gadgets, Gaming, gear, haptic, Microsoft, patent, personal computing, personalcomputing, Tech, tomorrow, xbox, xbox adaptive controller

[ad_1] The patent drawings look similar to the current Xbox One controller, with the addition of paddles along the bottom that would allow players to enter text or commands via Braille. The paddles would also vibrate to provide outputs in Braille. Those might, for instance, communicate what’s happening on the screen or relay text conversations. […]