The Emerge Wave-1 is a new ultrasound-powered tabletop device that helps you physically feel what you see in VR. 

Take virtual gatherings and game nights to another level.

A new standard in the metaverse: no controllers, bare hand tactility, and better shared experiences. 

Emerge Home is bringing bare hand touch and emotion to virtual experiences. 

Touch is the first sense we experience in the physical world, and the next sense we’ll use to connect Emerge Home.

Emerge Home includes:

The Emerge Wave-1 device, Emerge Home Quest 2 app, and Emerge Home mobile app.

Quest 2 required (and not included). 

Emerge Home is for people who believe games are meaningful ways to connect with others.

We believe in the power of play to bring people closer together — just as bringing out a board game after dinner or a video game during a party keeps the conversation going.

With the added sensation of touch, you can engage with unique experiences and familiar connections like never before.

The Emerge Wave-1 projects ultrasonic waves around virtual objects and interactions. 

You can feel this mid-air force field up to 3 feet above the device and 120 degrees around it. 

Hover your bare hands over the Emerge Wave-1 and physically feel what you see in the Emerge Home Quest 2 app.

What does it feel like?

We’re not attempting to recreate real-life textures or solid materials. We’re creating a new language of touch in the virtual world. 

Tactility starts with a single point.

The Emerge Wave-1 device projects mid-air tactile points, and we program them into volumetric tactile effects.

Like a ball:

Or a bug:

When we combine these tactile effects with virtual objects, environments, and avatars, you get a tactile experience. 

With the Emerge Wave-1 device, you’ll feel unique sensations that elevate virtual greetings and gameplay in the Emerge Home Quest 2 app.

Think: a rush of precise mid-air pressure when you reach out to hold someone’s hand, or an energetic beam that you can direct with your palm to destroy incoming asteroids. 

About the size of a 13″ laptop, the Emerge Wave-1 device fits on most tabletops (and looks pretty good on them, too).

Specs

Dimensions: 10.25 x 11.75 x 1.875in

Weight: 5.7lbs / 2.6kg

Material: Polycarbonate

Wireless: WiFi a/b/g/n/ac and BT5

AC input: 100 – 240V, 1.4A, 50-60HZ

DC output: 19.0V, 6.32A 120W

The world’s first VR app for social tactile experiences.

Invite up to 7 people at a time to your Center, a virtual gathering space (or our version of a lobby). You can share tactile greetings, like a virtual hi-five or handshake. And sit back and relax while you catch up in an immersive environment.

Then, move the conversation to a Game Room, where you can compete or collaborate in a variety of tactile-first games. 

We take play and privacy seriously.

You’ll only be able to interact with people you trust and invite via the Emerge Home mobile app.  

The handheld bridge between your real life connections and virtual experiences, the Emerge Home mobile app brings your Emerge Wave-1 device,  Quest 2 headset, and Inner Circles all together. 

1. Connect your Emerge Wave-1 device and Quest 2 headset

2. Customize your avatar and Center environment

3. Create, invite, and message your Inner Circles before gathering in the Emerge Home Quest 2 app  

The desire to reach beyond the screen brought us — and now you — here.

We believe in a future where distance and time don’t stand in the way of feeling present. And we’ve spent the last 6 years researching different technologies and developing delightful experiences towards that future.

Emerge systems, interfaces, and structures are currently protected by U.S. patents granted and pending.

We are also actively testing Emerge Home with users at our in-house research lab and remotely in their homes.