We have created our OWO Sleeves, the perfect complement for gamers to interact with their environment. You are no longer an outsider looking in on what is happening, but a participant in the action! This is an opportunity for you to take control of any situation and feel the actions you do. OWO has received the CES Innovation Award for the second year in a row!
Participate in a tennis match, go on a relaxing fishing trip or engage in a fierce sword fight. Rather than passively experiencing the virtual world, your arms will receive every sensation and, if you want, move involuntarily, adding an immersive component to all virtual environments. #FeelWithOWO.
OWO is attending CES 2023 as exhibitors, with their booth in the Central Hall (LVCC #15683). They are sponsored by the Polo Nacional de Contenidos Digitales of Málaga, Public entity under the Málaga City Hall that aims to promote entrepreneurship and generate a strong ecosystem around video games, virtual reality and audiovisual production (Media and Entertainment) industries. The Polo responds to Malaga’s strategy to become an innovative and technological city, the Silicon Valley of southern Europe.
This is not the first time that the company is named the CES Innovation Awards Honoree. They were given this recognition at CES
2022 for their OWO Skin.
CES 2023, the world’s most influential technology event, is happening Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas, NV. Once again, the CES Innovation Awards has attracted a lot of attention and received a record high number of over 2100 submissions.
We invite you to come & try OWO with us at booth #15683 in the Central Hall!
28 october 2022
Spanish Tech Startup Brings Haptics to Fortnite and League of Legends to Enable Players to #FeeltheGame
OWO, the developer of a haptics system that allows users to physically feel sensations while in-game, announced today their technological collaboration with Overwolf. Through this collaboration, more content will become available for OWO’s Haptic Gaming System, which will be released worldwide by the end of 2022.
With over 30 sensations already created, and endless possibilities for developers thanks to the Sensations Creator, the system delivers an amplified level of immersion enabling users to physically feel in-game actions while playing on a PC platform. Players can feel the wind while free-falling out of the bus in Fortnite, experience the sensation of being wounded in-game, and the enemy’s nexus explosion when winning in League of Legends. In 2022, OWO was recognized as an Innovation Awards Honoree at CES and had great success among developers at GDC and end-users at GamesCom and Tokyo Game Show.
Through the collaboration with Overwolf, the all-in-one platform that enables creators to build, share, and monetize in-game apps, mods, and private servers, OWO has developed an app that seamlessly integrates its haptic system to create customized sensations for games including Fortnite, LOL, Valorant, Rocket League, CS:GO, PUBG, Apex Legends and more on PC computers.
“We’re very happy to be working with such a great company as Overwolf. This is a chance for all of us to add a new sense to all video games and we look forward to seeing how our partnership evolves. This collaboration with Overwolf allows us to offer, through a semi-native adaptation, a varied selection of the games that are played and requested by gamers on a regular basis, in addition to the titles that we are closing with the respective software studios,” stated José Fuertes, founder and CEO of OWO.
“OWO is ushering in the next evolution of gaming through its incredible haptic technology that brings our sense of touch to life during gameplay. With OWO and their Overwolf integration, players are able to experience Fortnite, League of Legends, and Rocket League gameplay like never before by feeling the intensity of lifting heavy weights and the sensation of accelerated driving. I look forward to working with the OWO team as we support their mission of transforming virtual worlds into reality,” commented Avner Florenthal, VP of Business Development at Overwolf
OWO’s Founder Edition pre-order is now available for €499 and will be limited to 2,000 units. The company offers a special promo with a discount of 20% for users who make a full payment in advance, bringing the price down to €399. Those pre-paying users will also be given preference to receive the first units, which will be delivered starting at the beginning of 2023.
27 october 2022
This tech company is determined to add the sense of touch to the virtual world. From sensations like the wind or hugs to gunshots and dagger wounds.
OWO, the developer of a haptics system that allows users to feel physical sensations while in-game, announced today that pre-orders for its Founder Edition haptic gaming system are now open, with the product to be available worldwide from the beginning of 2023.
With over 30 sensations available, the Founder Edition delivers an amplified level of immersion as now it’s possible to physically feel games on all platforms – PC, Mobile, Console and VR. Gamers have the chance to interact with the environment, experience their surroundings, and receive impacts and alerts in real-time while playing. Players can feel the wind while free-falling out of the bus in Fortnite, experience the sensation of being wounded in-game, and the enemy’s nexus explosion when winning in League of Legends.
The Founder Edition, for €499 will be limited to 2,000 units worldwide and will use a “first come, first served” system, where users will be able to reserve their haptic system for €50. In addition, the company offers a special promo with a discount of 20% for users who make a full payment in advance, bringing the price down to €399. Those pre-paying users will also be given preference to receive the first units, which will be delivered starting from the beginning of 2023.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
OWO is unique because of its Patented Sensations Technology that can create create infinite different sensations. The algorithm can modify 9 different parameters of the pulse train and the OWO Skin reproduces these sensations throughout the torso.
The Founder Edition full system will come with:
WHAT’S NEXT
OWO has received recognitions such as the Innovation Awards Honoree at CES 2022 (Consumer Electronics Show) and had great success among developers at GDC and end-users at GamesCom and Tokyo Game Show.
Now OWO’s team is working on increasing their game portfolio on all platforms. Through their collaboration with Overwolf, the all-in-one platform that enables creators to build, share, and monetize in-game apps, mods, and private servers, OWO has eveloped an app that seamlessly integrates its haptic system to create customized sensations for games including Fortnite, LOL, Valorant, Rocket League, CS:GO, PUBG, Apex Legends and more on PC.
For a complete list of compatible games, check their website (owogame.com), where new games compatible with the system will be updated as they become available.
6 june 2022
This month has been non-stop preparation. Our team went to Monaco where we presented our system applied to the entertainment (movie) sector. There, people had the chance to demo the product and give us feedback. We also won the MEWS, check out our very original trophy.
After this incredible experience, our team took a plane straight to the States to get ready for AWE XR. We spent an intense couple of days doing 100+ demos, meeting many professionals and XR experts and enjoying all the event had to offer.
EmprendeXXI Awards in Andalusia
15 march 2022
OWO has developed and patented second skin that allows you to feel everything that happens in the metaverse, a video game or a movie, recreating real physical sensations through the sense of touch, thanks to which it has won the EmprendeXXI Awards in March 15th.
The award ceremony took place at CaixaForum Seville, within the framework of the DayOne Innovation Summit Andalusia, and was attended by Rogelio Velasco, counselor of the Regional Government of Andalusia, as well as professionals from the territorial management of CaixaBank and ENISA, among other speakers.
Our Malaga-based start-up, OWO has won the EmprendeXXI Awards in Andalusia, promoted by CaixaBank, through DayOne, its specialized division for technology and innovation companies and their investors, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, through ENISA. In Andalusia, the organization of the EmprendeXXI Awards is supported by Andalucía Emprende. The event was attended by Mr. Rogelio Velasco, Minister for Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities of the Regional Government of Andalusia.
At OWO we have developed and patented a second skin that allows you to feel everything that happens in the metaverse, a video game or a movie, recreating real physical sensations through it. This way, OWO can be applied to create new business models in the virtual world, increase tourism and digitalize businesses.
The award includes a cash prize of 6,000 euros, access to specialized international training provided by ESADE and experts from Silicon Valley, which in this edition will take place in Munich (Germany), and the opportunity to participate in the Investors Day EmprendeXXI, a day where they will be in contact with investors and companies interested in collaborating with the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Once again, CaixaBank and ENISA continue promoting and supporting entrepreneurial activity, as well as recognizing the important work carried out by them under the slogan “Become an innovator of the fifteenth edition of the EmprendeXXI Awards”. This 15th edition introduces a change in the name of the awards, renaming them EmprendeXXI Awards to reflect the evolution and adaptation to new needs.
Since its creation in 2007, the program has invested 6.7 million euros in cash prizes and accompanying actions, which have benefited more than 430 companies.
CES 2022, the world’s most influential technology event, is happening Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas, NV and digitally. OWO is one of the 18 companies selected in the VR/AR cathegory alongside Acer, Lenovo, Canon and HTC. This is recognition for OWO’s innovation and excelling technology, as we have been selected among over 1800 submissions, a record high number for CES. The CES 2022 Innovation Awards honorees, including product descriptions and photos, can be found at CES.tech/innovation.
We also want to give a shoutout to Malaga’s townhall, the Polo Nacional de Contenidos Digitales and Promálaga for their support.
We invite you to come & try OWO with us at booth #15772 in the central hall!
Now your wish can become reality! Your experience will be too real to be true!
This is the reaction of amazement and disbelief of our guest, the famous gaming rapper and YouTuber Kronno Zomber, when he starts feeling the game.
Since the creation of the digital world, which has been booming in these last years, we have been discovering more benefits and uses of technology. A sector that has managed to implant dreams and hopes in the hearts of many. Fascinated with discovering more about it and making it evolve, many companies have started to step into the haptic world.
We didn’t think steps were enough, so we decided to take a leap.
Haptic vest
Our haptic vest, which allows you to feel physical sensations while playing, is the result. The technology that we have developed, enables infinite possibilities of sensations. Time flies when you become immersed in the land of video games when using your vision, hearing and touch.
By adding physical sensations to the game, players become more aware of their environment and situation, on a more profound level. This will lead to making very different decisions when playing with the vest, as opposed to without.
Jose Fuertes, founder and CEO of OWO Game expressed this in his own words:
Interacting with the game and with other players in total immersion is only one of the possibilities of this second skin. Reflexes and cognitive skills improve while playing, as your mind reacts more naturally to the physical sensations.
To your surprise, the reality of this game playing will leave you satisfied and fulfilled, as it is as near to a real life experience as possible.
So what’s not to like?
The gaming world is ever-changing and buzzing with innovation. OWO was created to perceive the game in a new and unique way. We want video game players to have a full, vivid experience. Other companies have made you see and hear; we will make you feel. Welcome to the OWO Blog.
The OWO Blog is for you if:
The team
We are a young, dynamic and creative team who are going beyond the limits set in today’s world of gaming, venturing into the new and as of yet unknown, haptic world. We have successfully developed our OWO haptic gaming vest, which allows the player to actually feel the same sensations as their avatar in the game. Our enthusiasm for gaming pushes us to improve and create “REAL FEEL SENSATIONS” that we have always dreamed of experiencing and we are sure that you want to experience too.
Live experiences you only imagined
Have you ever physically felt a videogame? Stop imagining and start feeling. Get to know what OWO is all about on our web page and social media. If you are a video game developer, we encourage you to get in contact with us and we’d be happy to answer all of your questions on how to make your game compatible with our suit.
Discover more about our haptic vest, compatible games, and the whole gaming world here, on our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Discord pages.