No. 14 Participating in the MIT XR Reality Hack with Tom Buchanan, Co-Founder of haptic glove maker Contact CI‪.‬ XR Connections - Extended Reality - XR | AR | VR | MR

EPISODE 014 SHOW NOTES:

Episode 14 of XR Connections features an interview with Tom Buchanan, Co-Founder and Chief of Product for the haptic glove maker Contact CI. Tom discusses his experience as a participant of the XR-focused MIT Reality Hack, his team's award-winning  immersive Impact Journalism project, Rising Tide, haptic technology, the Varjo XR-1 Mixed Reality Headset, Contact CI's Maestro gloves and recent advancements in hand-tracking.

Tom Buchanan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Reality Hack

Discord Voice and Text Chat App

Rising Tide MIT Reality Hack Project

Rising Tide Team Members:

Liam Broza LifeScope Lab, Carlos Calva, Clair Chuff, Grace Ma

Varjo XR-1

Varjo XR-1 and Volvo

Contact CI / Maestro Haptic Glove

Cincinatti VR Meetup

Vectre XR Development Studio

Cincy Inno / American Inno Network

Ultraleap, Leap Motion Tracking and Haptics

Valve Index Controllers

HandTracking/Oculus Quest

NReal Glasses

MagicLeap

Acknowledgements:

Call Recording: Skype

Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X

Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury