Haptics

Introduction

Haptics provide physical sensations to players in VR. While the handheld controllers can also vibrate to a certain extend, specialized hardware will intensify this sensation significantly.

Supported Devices

The following vendors are natively supported:

bHaptics

Website: www.bhaptics.com

An amazing suite consisting of multiple devices. Supported are:

• TactSuit: body
• Tactosy: arms
• Tactal: head

If some of the devices are not connected, the body/vest will be used instead.

Available Sensations

• click (arms): using pointer in menu
• collect (arms): collecting items in-game with hands
• death (all): when dying
• exit-found (all): when having found the exit of a world
• falling (all): when falling from heights
• health-critical (vest): when health is below 20%
• impact-all (all): when hit by explosion
• impact-arm (arms): when hit by projectile
• impact-body (body): when hit by projectile
• impact-head (head): when hit by projectile
• melee (arms): when destroying targets with arms
• pistol (arms + body): when shooting
• reload (arms): reloading weapon
• slowdown (arms): when initiating time slowdown (tbd)
• startup (all): upon game start
• world-loaded (all): after world has been loaded and player can start to walk

World builders can create custom haptic files to play when the player is hit.