Haptics Club

Haptics Club

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Haptics Club episodes

  • #47 dr. Ivan Poupyrev, CEO of Archetype AI on cutting edge interaction technologies.

    Dr. Ivan Poupyrev is an award-winning technology leader, scientist and designer working at the cutting edge of interactive technologies.

    Ivan was the Director of Engineering and Technical Projects Lead at the Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division where he focused on developing interaction technologies and products for future digital lifestyle. Prior to Google he was Principal Research Scientist at the Walt Disney Imagineering research division and at Sony Corporate Research laboratories in Tokyo.

    To learn more information about Ivan, visit his website http://www.ivanpoupyrev.com.

    Dr. Ivan Poupyrev is an award-winning technology leader, scientist and designer working at the cutting edge of interactive technologies.

    Ivan was the Director of Engineering and Technical Projects Lead at the Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division where he focused on developing interaction technologies and products for future digital lifestyle. Prior to Google he was Principal Research Scientist at the Walt Disney Imagineering research division and at Sony Corporate Research laboratories in Tokyo.

    To learn more information about Ivan, visit his website http://www.ivanpoupyrev.com.

    1 hr 5 min
  • #46 Haptics in VR with Denny Unger, CEO of Cloudhead Games.

    Denny Unger serves as both the CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Cloudhead Games, a company established in 2012. Cloudhead Games has made its mark in the virtual reality (VR) industry by releasing four notable VR titles, including Pistol Whip, Valve Aperture Hand Labs, Call of the Starseed, and Heart of the Emberstone. Their innovative approach to VR has led to the adoption of two widely recognized movement standards: VR Comfort Mode/Snap Turns and Blink Teleportation.

    Collaborating closely with leading VR hardware companies such as META, Valve, Sony, and HTC, Cloudhead Games continues to push the boundaries of VR technology, contributing to its evolution and providing both information and entertainment to the VR community.

    “Gains pushing current VR tech/constraints are diminishing. Meaningful VR "2.0" is about low-friction body tracking & haptics.” - Denny on Twitter/X.

    1 hr 6 min
  • #45 Prosthesis that can feel with Aadeel Akhtar, Founder at Psyonic

    Aadeel is the CEO and founder of the bionics company PSYONIC. PSYONIC is pioneering bionic prosthetics and making them accessible to more people than ever before as the “Finally, a bionic hand that can actually feel.”

    Aadeel was named one of MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 and was featured in Newsweek’s “America's 50 Greatest Disruptors: Visionaries Who Are Changing the World. Learn more about Psyonic on their website.

    53 min
  • #43 Bringing Science to Decisions About Product Feel with Peter Botticelli, VP of SynTouch

    Peter

    A. Botticelli joined SynTouch as Director of Customer Solutions with a strong
    background in custom robotics and control systems. Peter studied electrical
    engineering at Worchester Polytechnic Institute and the University of
    Massachusetts, Lowell. He worked in development as a robotics engineer at
    Barrett Technology Inc. and UniFirst Corporation. At SynTouch, Peter develops
    state-of-the art machine sensing technology, working with leaders in various
    industries including consumer electronics, automotive, textiles, and consumer
    goods to provide novel applications for machine touch. Learn more about
    SynTouch on their website.

    1 hr
  • #42 with Hong Tan, Lead Haptics Scientist at Google

    Hong Z. Tan is a renowned haptics scientist at Google, known for her research on perception-based haptic interfaces.
    With a background in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and MIT, respectively, Hong has also had extensive industry experience, including a stint at Microsoft Research Asia. She is a Fellow of IEEE for her contributions to wearable haptics and holds concurrent appointments at Purdue University in the fields of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Psychological Sciences.
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    50 min
  • #42 Hong Tan, Google Lead Haptics Scientist, Haptics Perception for Device Design

    Hong Z. Tan is a renowned haptics scientist at Google, known for her research on perception-based haptic interfaces. With a background in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and MIT, respectively, Hong has also had extensive industry experience, including a stint at Microsoft Research Asia. She is a Fellow of IEEE for her contributions to wearable haptics and holds concurrent appointments at Purdue University in the fields of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Psychological Sciences. Learn more here.

    50 min
  • #40 PS5 DualSense Haptics with Danny Grant, inventor of the adaptive trigger and ex-VP of Immersion Corporation

    In this episode we sit down with Danny Grant, technology visionary who has a proven record of innovation and a passion for building a better future and for the past 20 years have led product innovation at Immersion Corp. Now a funding partner at Innovobot Resonance Ventures.


    We talk about the innovation process for the DualSense haptics, the entrepreneurship process finally bringing it to the market, and how to judge if a haptics product will "make the cut" and be successful.



    50 min
  • #39 ANA - AVATAR Xprize Winner - Nimbro team with Christian and Max

    The Xprize competition is one of the institution pushing the boundaries of human knowledge through technology breakthrough.

    The ANA-AVATAR Xprize competition looked to share a glimpse of what the future of telerobotic and telepresence could be.

    We share this episode with Christian Lenz and Max Schwarz form the Nimbro team of Bonn University winner of the ANA-AVATAR Xprize.


    It is a great conversation where good engineering and design choices mix with human factors and innovation development, and a bit of haptics.


    Xprize: https://www.xprize.org/

    ⁠Bonn Univeristy:⁠ https://www.ais.uni-bonn.de/

    ⁠Nimbro Team: https://nimbro.net/AVATAR/⁠

    ⁠Finals Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmESa2Olq4c&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fnimbro.net%2F&feature=emb_imp_woyt⁠


    39 min

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