There's lots of great news with today's update:

Wireless communications stretch goal for the Reactive Grip

How to transform Reactive Grip to take the place of other game peripherals or use it in your projects

Limited Special reward tiers and "Add a Grip" add-ons

Stretch Goal – Wireless Communication for Reactive Grip

From comments and our recent survey we've heard you loud and clear, having the ability to use the Reactive Grip without being tethered to your PC is important. We have been working hard to test the technical feasibility of wireless to ensure we maintain high quality touch feedback. Based on this testing we are confident with providing a wireless solution and have added a stretch goal of $245K to give all Reactive Grip Development Kits the ability to communicate with your PC wirelessly. This option will let you power the grip through the included wall adapter or use your own battery solution. The dev kit could still be used with standard USB for those that prefer this setup. We will continue to explore options for adding an integrated battery.

Getting a Grip Attached to Your Hardware Project

We have always wanted to see the Reactive Grip bring touch feedback into all kinds of your projects. For this reason the Reactive Grip was designed to be easily mounted into alternate configurations that provide the functionality of other gaming peripherals or to let you do something completely new.

Simple attachment points and readily available dimensions let you add responsive touch feedback into your hardware projects. So whether you want to use your grip as a joystick in a flight sim, a pair of grips as a machine gun, or if you're adding haptic feedback to your robot controls, it's easy to use the Reactive Grip in new ways. And even if your creations aren’t beautiful, they’ll still look great once you put on your Oculus Rift. =)

We encourage the community to share their designs and unique applications for touch feedback. We will also be making some of the attachments shown here directly available for purchase.

"Add a Grip" and Limited Special Reward Tiers

We are announcing the option to "Add a Grip" to any development kit reward tier for $165. We are also opening additional "Limited Special" reward tiers for a 1-handed development kit at $165 or a 2-handed development kit at $319. Both of these options offer an opportunity for those that wanted to add a second controller to an existing 1-handed dev kit or to add a third or fourth controller to a 2-handed kit. Rewards will be fulfilled in the order in which you backed us.

Bundled Tracking Solutions

From our survey we found that some of you would like to have an add-on to your dev kit or bundle that provides a tracking system compatible with the Sixense STEM system. We are still working on options for this and will let you know as soon as we have more information.

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Thanks for you continued support!

-Will and the Team at Tactical Haptics