The OmniWear Arc can alert you with a buzz when something happens in a game.
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OmniWear Haptics’ Arc can warn you if someone is sneaking up on you in a shooter game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The OmniWear Arc is a wearable haptic device that lets you feel when players are around you. It’s like having a wingman in a fast-action game, according to its maker OmniWear Haptics.

The Seattle company is announcing the Arc today as an aid for players who have to keep track of too many things in video games. OmniWear is raising $57,000 in a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.