There’s a disconnect between what wearables can be and what they currently are, says Chris Ullrich, who heads up user experience at Immersion, a firm known for its haptic feedback innovations. Right ...

The forces driving the haptics market. Increased use of touchscreens and smart surface in haptics design. What is in-mold electronics? While mobile-phone designers, gamers, and app programmers might ...

“Haptics” is the design philosophy of making products that we interact with through touch, rather than buttons or dials. A good example at work: A new speaker concept, designed by Parisian industrial ...

“Including haptics earlier in the automotive UI design cycle can change a designer’s whole approach,” said John Griffin, VP of Products and Marketing at Immersion. “With the ability to ...

HD Rumble on the Nintendo Switch may have been a simple pleasure, but it’s hard to say it wasn’t a compelling one. Despite being a solid object, the Joy-Cons vibration motors are able to simulate the ...

The PS5 or, to use its full title, the PlayStation 5 will be arriving around Christmas 2020 and with it comes a new PS5 controller. Breaking tradition, the PS5 controller is called the DualSense and, ...

Do engineers who think aesthetically, like top designers do, have an upper hand? Is this true in the field of haptics, or interactive computer applications and robotics that offer simulated tactile ...

Texas Instruments’ Haptic Bluetooth Kit (DRV2605EVM-BT) helps enable designers to prototype eccentric rotating mass (ERM) motor and linear resonant actuator (LRA) haptic affects. Texas Instruments’ ...