{"id":108911,"date":"2016-10-21T10:40:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T08:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=108911"},"modified":"2016-10-21T10:43:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T08:43:01","slug":"the-omniwear-arc-is-a-haptic-necklace-built-for-hardcore-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/108911-the-omniwear-arc-is-a-haptic-necklace-built-for-hardcore-gamers","title":{"rendered":"The Omniwear Arc is a haptic necklace built for hardcore gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1710261071\/the-omniwear-arc-the-wearable-haptic-interface-for\" target=\"_blank\">Omniwear Arc<\/a><\/strong> is a haptic neckband that could be a seriously useful tool for hardcore gamers.<\/p>\n<p>Using vibrations, the neckband\u00a0offloads some of the more vital on-screen information, such as the minimap, position of teammates, and health.<\/p>\n<p>Using your phone as a second set of eyes, the Arc communicates information about what\u2019s happening in the game using haptic feedback, enhancing your situational awareness without burdening your other senses.<\/p>\n<p>Worn low around the neck, the Arc is embedded with eight haptic actuators that communicate information to the player by varying their intensity and frequency.<\/p>\n<p>The Omniwear is currently in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1710261071\/the-omniwear-arc-the-wearable-haptic-interface-for\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>with\u00a0$4,662 raised out of $75,000 and 27 days to go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O6rPsBgu8-A\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now read: <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/108669-the-best-free-antivirus-for-serious-pc-gamers.html\" target=\"_blank\">The best free antivirus for serious PC gamers<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Omniwear Arc is a haptic neckband that could be a seriously useful tool for hardcore gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":108923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585],"tags":[31,22971,22969,22967],"class_list":["post-108911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-haptic-neckband","tag-necklace","tag-omniwear-arc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108921,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108911\/revisions\/108921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}