Woojer
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Consumer electronics |
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| Founder 👔 | Kfir Bar Levav Noam Bar Levav Mor Efrati |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , |
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| Products 📟 | Strap, Vest Pro, Strap Edge, Vest Edge |
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| 🌐 Website | Official Website |
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Woojer is a privately-held US-Israeli consumer electronics company that was founded by Kfir Bar Levav, Noam Bar Levav, and Mor Efrati.[1] It is the developer of patented haptic technology and products that deliver high fidelity tactile sensation which reproduce the rich emotion of sound.
The company produces haptic technology and related products that are used primarily in the entertainment and video gaming industries.[2][3][4]
Woojer products such as the Woojer Edge Strap and Vest feature a patented technology referred to as oscillating frame actuators which are able to read low-frequency and translate them into accurate tactile sensations.[5]
Among other investors, the company received funding from Dr. Eli Harari who is the founder and former CEO of SanDisk and Peter Chou, the founder and former CEO of HTC.[6][7]
History[edit]
Woojer was founded in 2010 by American and Israeli entrepreneurs. After a campaign on Kickstarter in 2013, the company launched their products the next year.[8][9]
In 2016, the company launched a vest titled Vest that is placed around a user's torso and lets them feel virtual worlds in real time used for gaming and other entertainment purposes.[10]
The company's technology was used in a digital dance peace titled 'Scored in Silence which is about the deaf survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[11]
Woojer partnered with mind spa and meditation app Synctuition by using the Woojer's haptic vest technology with Synctuition’s 3D audio dreamscapes which allows users to use their minds and body for meditation purposes.[12]
In collaboration with Claire Wineland, [[FCB (advertising agency|FCB] and Area 23'[13], the company developed a vest, Sick Beats with their haptic technology which helps in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis.[14][15][16] The collaborative effort won the Grand Prix awards in the Audio and Pharma categories at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.[17]
The company partnered up with Icon Incar, a mobility design experience company by using Woojer's haptic technology where actuators in the seat, steering wheel and other touch point of a car’s interior are able to deliver a physical, tactile sensation to the driver as well as the passengers.[18]
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Shemer, Simona. "4 Israeli Startups Using Tech To Amplify The Music Scene – One Note At A Time". No Camels. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Evangelho, Jason. "Woojer Is A Wearable Audio Device That May Forever Change How You Experience Music, Film And Video Games". Forbes.
- ↑ Ochanji, Sam. "The Best Haptic VR Devices and Innovations for the Real Feel in VR Environments". Virtual Reality Times. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Stobbing, Chris. "I Got Shot in a Haptic Vest, and I Walked Away Happy". PCMag. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Wong, Steven. "Getting a feel for the Woojer Edge haptic devices". PC Invasion. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ "Museum meets virtual reality at Tower of David's new Innovation Lab". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Lai, R. "Futuretown's modular platform turns VR into simulator rides". Engadget. Verizon Media. Missing or empty
|url=(help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Lynch, Gerald. "Woojer VR vest will rock your virtual world - literally". TechRadar. Future plc.
- ↑ Lutz, Quinn. "Inside 10 years of livestreaming and mobile sets with 'The DJ Sessions' founder Darran Bruce". Dance Music North West. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Bolton, Adam. "This vest vibrates you right into VR". CNET. Red Ventures. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Lovell, Kate. ""SCORED IN SILENCE": DIGITAL DANCE PIECE TELLS STORIES OF DEAF SURVIVORS OF THE HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI ATTACKS". The Theatre Times. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Ashford, Abbie. "Feel Your Meditation – Synctuition & Woojer Team Up". Ravepubs. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Cumming, Tim. "How Pam Savage and Sick Beats hit the right note". Shots. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ "Claire's Place Foundation Partners with Woojer to Launch SICK BEATS". GlobeNewswire. Intrado. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ "Claire's Place Partners with Woojer on SICKBEATS Vest". YouTube. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Bulik, Beth Synder. "Cannes Lions Health 2021 recap: The 17 pharma winners that virtually wowed judges". FiercePharma. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ Miller, Shannon. "Sick Beats Wins Cannes Radio and Audio Grand Prix". Adweek. Shamrock Capital. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ Charleston, Alistair. "This Company Is Using Haptics To Give Electric Cars The Feel They Lack". Forbes. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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