Hardlight VR
A universal software platform for adding the sense of touch to virtual reality.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Gaming
- Location Seattle, WA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded September 2015
- Employees 6
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website hardlightvr.com
Company Summary
Hardlight VR is a Seattle based technology company creating a universal platform for the sense of touch in virtual reality. The Hardlight API seamlessly connects VR content to any kind of haptic hardware, making it simple for VR developers to support a huge range of haptic feedback peripherals. As a wedge product, the company has created the Hardlight suit, a haptic jacket that allows developers to make full use of the Hardlight API.
Team
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Founder and CRO
Former haptic feedback researcher at the University of Rochester Human-Computer Interaction Lab and Software Engineer at Astrobotic
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Founder and CEO
Former electrical engineer at Construction Robotics (Victor, NY), Co-author of RF Energy Harvesting for Embedded Systems (IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine)
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Founder and CPO
Did consumer product prototyping and design for DNS Designs, LLC, and mechanical design for Construction Robotics.
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