#012 - Eric Vezzoli - GoTouchVR - Virtuality Podcast

We talk with Eric Vezzoli of gotouchvr and dig beyond haptics as a tool for increased immersion. We discuss how haptics is currently best used for training motor memory, the differences between U.S. and European start ups along with other uses for haptics outside of VR. Eric is the youngest awarded by the European Commission for outstanding research applied to entrepreneurship in at the MSCA 2017 prizes. He is one of the most cited young Haptic Scientist in the world. He published 23 scientific papers and deposed 5 patents. 00’57”: Eric background 02’50”: Haptics is a bidirectional interaction                                04’00”: There is no one solution for haptics                              08’00”: Using real world objects to enhance the virtual experience. 09’20”: It is not clear how to communicate touch. Nor is there a protocol                                                                                11'00": Haptics companies are struggling to justify the cost versus benefit.                                                                                12’20”: Getting investor attention for a Haptic device. 13’28”: Using Haltic’s to train multi modal memory 15’58”: Haptics aren’t scalable 17’25”: Haptics aren’t shareable 20’35”: Haptics as a platform 24’25": The Haptics community is small 26’22": Go Touch VR: The VR Glove without a glove. 30’45”: Who is Go Touch working with? 32’11”: what’s next for Haptics? 35’05”: What’s the difference between U.S. and European start ups? 37’40”: What is the European VR community like? 40’40”: How does one get into Haptics? 43’18”: How is haptics used outside of VR? 46’30”: Can Haptics increase user engagement? 49’13”: How can we make haptic devices shareable? 50’30”: What are the next steps for Gotouch VR? 53’20”: Can consumers get Gotouch VR? gotouchvr.com Virtuality.show BostonVR.org BostonAR.org Credits: Host: Craig Herndon,http://twitter.com/craigtherndon Produced by Jason Parks http://twitter.com/jasonparksvr Music by Rachel Dziezynski Got comments on the show? Did we miss something? Did we get something wrong? Reach out to us on twitter. http://.twitter.com/virtualitycast