DR IVAN ISAKOV
VR, Haptics, Interaction
VALKYRIE INDUSTRIES
Founded in 2017 by Ivan Isakov, Kourosh Atefipour and Oliver Cleveley-Jones, Valkyrie Industries have been developing a wearable technology, that allows user to naturally interact with objects in VR: touch them, feel their weight and resistance.
As a CTO, Ivan is responsible for hardware technology directions, product management, science behind and user testing.
VALKYRIE EIR
Arm Wearable Muscle Haptics for VR
Using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) synchronised with user's actions and movements in VR.
The muscle haptic sensations are very consistent, they exerts a force on your muscle, train your muscle, and make your muscle tired. As some of our testers said: “This is the closest I’ve ever experienced to the feeling of resistance in VR” and “My arms are aching today from that workout! Got a proper session in there!”.
The work on this particular devices started in September 2021, with the pre-production samples ready in September 2022.
EIR TRAINING
A VR fitness game for Meta Quest headsets
EIR Training a companion software for Valkyrie EIR armbands. EIR training together with Valkyrie EIR armbands deliver a combination of cardio and muscle training.
Ivan was a main arhitect behind the software, working with personal trainers and gym managers to create the motivational classes, was managing a team of developers and artists, and was running the user tests.
VALKYRIE BIFROST
Upper-body Wearable Haptics for VR
This was the haptic sleeve/glove combination that could be applied to remote industrial training, robotic teleoperation and, of course, location based entertainment.
We have worked with Makers Department for product design. Valkyrie Bifrost was developed in 2019, however, we had to pause the development due to complexity of the project and due to COVID
