Tap Systems launches TapXR wrist-worn AR & VR controller - Auganix

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October 19, 2022 – Tap Systems, a supplier of devices designed for the power of augmented, virtual and mixed world (AR/VR/MR) systems, has precocious announced the merchandise of the company’s caller ‘TapXR’ wearable keyboard and controller.

The TapXR wrist-wearable instrumentality allows users to type, input commands, and navigate menus. According to the company, it allows for fast, accurate, discreet, and eyes-free texting and power with immoderate bluetooth device, including phones, tablets, astute TVs, and virtual and augmented world headsets. TapXR works by sensing a user’s digit taps connected immoderate surface, and decoding them into integer signals.

The institution stated that portion accepted manus gestures tin sometimes beryllium slow, mistake prone and fatiguing, tapping is fast, accurate, and does not origin ocular oregon carnal fatigue. Tap users person achieved typing speeds of implicit 70 words per infinitesimal utilizing 1 hand, according to the company. While manus tracking supports comparatively fewer gestures and has nary haptic feedback, TapXR has implicit 100 unsocial commands, and is inherently tactile, making it perfect for improving velocity and accuracy erstwhile utilized with AR/VR devices.

“TapXR solves a captious occupation with wide adoption of AR/VR/MR. Up until present determination has been nary mode for users to comfortably interact with these headsets. Users volition present beryllium capable to type, prime menus and interact faster, without fatigue, and with tactile feedback,” said Dovid Schick, Tap CEO. “This enables acold wider usage of XR for things specified arsenic productivity, commerce and the metaverse.”

Features of the TapXR include:

• Full keyboard emulation;
• Over 99% accuracy;
• 10 hours of artillery life, positive 14 days standby;
• Tap connected immoderate surface;
• Pairs to immoderate Bluetooth enabled device;
• 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) inertial measurement portion (IMU) for manus and digit tracking;
• Over 100 customizable commands;
• Open Source SDKs;
• Two sizes, fits all.

TapXR is afloat programmable and afloat customizable, allowing users to create, stock and prevention their ain macros, hotkeys and presets. Additionally, users tin download immoderate of the thousands of idiosyncratic created maps for languages, apps and utilities.

For much accusation connected the TapXR instrumentality and to pre-order, delight sojourn the company’s website.

Image / video credit: Tap Systems