bHaptics’ new TactSuit Professional and TactSuit Air are cheaper than their predecessors, and the brand new TactSleeve is considerably lighter than Tactosy was.
In the event you’re unfamiliar, bHaptics makes and sells haptic vests, armbands, gloves, shoe attachments, and even an attachment so as to add vibration to headsets. Now, bHaptics is saying and opening preorders for the following model of its vests and armbands.
The brand new TactSuit Professional replaces the outdated TactSuit X40. It truly has fewer vibration factors, 32 as a substitute of 40, however is $30 cheaper at $500, and has 1.5 hours additional battery life for a complete of 13.5 hours.
TactSuit Professional additionally includes a new bodily dial on the entrance, with a hoop of coloured LEDs, which controls the depth of haptics and allows you to toggle haptics on or off with a press.
In the meantime, the brand new TactSuit Air replaces the outdated TactSuit X16. It is notably cheaper, at $250 in comparison with $330, however the specs in any other case seem like similar.
Whereas TactSuit Professional solely is available in one shade, black, TactSuit Air is available in Ash (white and black) or Onyx (black and purple).
In addition to the brand new vests, the brand new bHaptics TactSleeve replaces the outdated Tactosy armbands. It is now 42% lighter at 185 grams every, which ought to really feel higher in your arms, and stays $200 for a pair. Nevertheless, the tradeoff bHaptics has made to realize that is to halve the variety of haptic factors, down to 3 per band.
The brand new TactSuits and TactSleeve are appropriate with all the identical headsets and content material that the earlier fits and Tactosy had been.
The units join wirelessly to Quest headsets, your PC, or PlayStation 5 by way of the telephone app. They’re supported in over 100 Meta Quest video games, over 200 PC VR video games, and 9 PlayStation VR2 titles, during which builders have carried out the bHaptics SDK. You could find a full record of supported titles right here.
For unsupported titles, you should utilize “audio-based haptics”. This includes connecting the TactSuit to your headset or PC by way of a 3.5mm audio cable, whereby it makes use of the audio to drive haptics.
Preorders for TactSuit Professional, TactSuit Air, and TactSleeve at the moment are reside on bHaptics.com. Preordering gives free delivery, a sticker, and a free VR recreation key, with the alternatives showing to be between Into The Radius, Medieval Dynasty, and Hitstream. bHaptics says delivery will start on November 27, and preorders will finish.
bHaptics can be providing a bundle of TactSuit Professional and TactSleeve collectively for $600, saving $100 in comparison with shopping for them individually.