Immersion’s Business Development Lead for Gaming, Bob Heubel, recently attended PocketGamer’s XR Connects and talks about the event and what it was like to be a judge for the VR Indie Pitch. This year I had the pleasure of attending XR Connects Helsinki, a show that brings together experts from across the virtual, augmented and… Read more »
Last month, the Immersion team hit the ground for E3, the world’s largest event for those in the interactive entertainment industry. I’ve been a gamer most of my life and this is the place to be to engage with others who are passionate about the gaming industry. Every year E3 packs the house with passionate… Read more »
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Digital Hollywood AR/VR Experience conference, an event focused on the convergence of the entertainment and technology industries. Our panel “360 Video and VR/AR – Content and Advertising – A Cross Platform Experience” discussed the current state of virtual reality and the common challenges of bringing… Read more »
Immersion is making it easier than ever to implement haptics into gaming and virtual reality experiences with the launch of TouchSense® Force Technology. The new solution enables game developers and peripheral manufacturers to take their products to a whole new level and easily create sensations of pushing, pulling, grasping, and pulsing by integrating high-quality touch… Read more »
Now it’s easy for Android developers to add haptic effects to mobile games and app content using Immersion’s new TouchSense SDK for Mobile Apps. This new SDK unifies the functionalities of Immersion’s current TouchSense SDK solutions for Mobile Games and Mobile Video, to create a singular SDK that incorporates both into one, easy-to-use solution. We… Read more »
Immersion’s mobile games evangelist Bob Heubel recently spoke with Robert Faludi, managing director and graphic designer at Fat Bat Studio Ltd. about the company’s strategy for finding success in the saturated mobile game market. BH: Hi Robert. Tell me a little about Fat Bat Studio. RF: Well, our company is really small, only two people, in… Read more »
Immersion brought in the fall season with a number of big announcements on haptics. Acer, Gameloft, Stoli, Opera, Bandai Namco and Google Play all were a part of a big fall rush for haptics, signaling the growing interest in the adoption of the technology across the ecosystem. First up, Immersion announced its collaboration with Acer and Gameloft on the… Read more »
Tactile effects intensifying the action and creates a more immersive experiences for gamers. Feel your character run and jump over cliffs, attack monsters, and munching on fruits. Tactile effects add a new dimension to the overall experience. Video, sound, and touch complement each other, augmenting the experience beyond the single effect. Tapping into users’ sense of touch, Immersion… Read more »
Have you played a game on your watch? Have you strapped on a virtual reality headset? Have you had more fun watching someone play a game than playing it yourself? If you’ve answered “yes” to any of these questions, you have experienced some of the new trends rippling across the gaming industry. First, with the… Read more »
The act of creating a mobile game can be lengthy, tedious and emotionally draining, but the pride that a developer has in their game is beyond gratifying; until users of the game want more. Since the inception of video games, players have craved more from a game the second credits start rolling. In today’s wildly… Read more »