Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. haptic feedback

haptic feedback

A person typing on a MacBook Pro while sat on a wooden bench.

I don’t want a touchscreen MacBook, but this feature could convince me

A patent has just been published that shows Apple has had a superb idea for its future touchscreen Mac. If it works, it could change everything for Apple fans.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare II character looking out of a hangar door.

This Call of Duty-themed haptic feedback vest brings you closer to the battlefield

A keyboard on an iPhone running iOS 16.

How to turn on the haptic keyboard in iOS 16

iPhone 14 Pro battery life settings.

How to see which apps are draining your iPhone’s battery life

A man's cheeks vibrating with a headset on.

Haptic feedback headphones are a great idea that still hasn’t been done right

An example of 3D Touch on an iPhone.

How to disable 3D and Haptic Touch in iOS

flexible wireless epidermal vr john rogers northwestern university garrett shaking aadeel s hand

Flexible, wireless skin interface could restore amputees’ sense of touch

artificial skin haptic feedback 212552 web 1

Artificial skin gives haptic feedback, could let you feel VR

thin light vr gloves haptic feedback 1280x853

These gloves will make virtual reality feel even more immersive

vr rubber hand illusion haptic feedback header

Noninvasive brain zapping can make your hands feel things in VR

best apple watch deals

Apple patent aims to use haptic feedback to make notifications distinguishable

coreldraw suite 2017 livesketch surface pen

Another patent describes a haptic feedback feature for the Surface Pen

teslasuit full body haptic feedback ces 2018

The Teslasuit simulates full-body touch in VR by zapping your nerves

Sight and hearing are immersed in virtual reality, but what about touch? The Teslasuit hopes to let you feel things in virtual worlds.
133_Visa_College_1206_300

Visa wants to give you instant gratification via sensory feedback when you pay

Visa's new sound, animation, and haptic cues will let customers know when they've completed a transaction. They'll debut in 2018.
3d printed fingertip sensors screen shot 2017 05 09 at 19 18 33

3D-printed fingertip sensors take us one step closer to bionic humans

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a silicone pressure sensor able to be 3D-printed directly onto a person’s hand.
redux phone website image 0410 1024x683 resized  1

Redux's smartphone tech delivers haptics that feel like physical buttons

Redux, a startup, has designed tiny microphones that turn a phone's screen into a high-quality speaker -- and deliver tactile touches.
virtual reality haptic feedback hpi

Electrical muscle stimulation could help make virtual reality more immersive

A team of researchers has demonstrated how electrical muscle stimulation could be used to make virtual reality even more immersive.
guidesense guide radar

Wearable device lets visually impaired people sense their surroundings

Using millimeter wave radar sensors, Guidesense can detect obstacles in the environment and relay that information back to the wearer..
tanvas tanvastouch ces 2017 rsz img 20170105 203120

TanvasTouch replicates the feel of fabric, guitar strings, and other objects

Tanvas, a Chicago, Illinois-based startup, unveiled its TanvasTouch technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
herosurg robotic surgery haptic feedback sense touch herosurg2

Hero Surg robot not only performs operations — it lets surgeons feel what it's doing

The creators behind a new robotic system called HeroSurg hope to give surgeons back their haptic feedback to make robotic surgery safer and more precise.
disney research robot movement screen shot 2016 05 14 at 6 49 50 pm

Creeped out by Disney animatronics? Well, things are about to get real

Disney Research is working on a "hybrid hydrostatic transmission and human-safe haptic telepresence robot." More simply. this machine moves like man.
synaptics haptic feedback audi virtual dashboard a160032 large

Get a haptic feedback touchscreen in your car with Synaptics

New technology from touchscreen maker Synaptics and supplier Valeo is looking to shake things up with a car touchscreen that shakes itself.
Immersion Haptic Technology 13

Feel the vibration! How a buzz on your wrist could change smartwatches

dexmo exoskeleton glove lets feel virtual objects hand

Dexmo exoskeleton glove lets you ‘feel’ virtual objects with your hand

With the help of a cleverly-engineered braking mechanism, the Dexmo exoskeleton glove allows the wearer to feel resistance when then touch a virtual object
Flexible mobile screen

Body-heat harvesters, flexible screens, and more wearable-tech revolutions

At the Wearable Technologies Conference, companies as big as Google bumped elbows with new start ups, sharing ideas and vision for the wearable industry. The future, they say, will see improvements to optics and photonics, miniaturization of designs, and vastly increased computing power.