Technology
What Products Use Haptics?
Leading brands use haptics to create compelling and realistic user experiences. Their products are winning awards, receiving acclaim, and delighting customers through the interactive and engaging sense of touch.
Gaming
Richer, more intense, more enjoyable experiences
3M Touch Systems MicroTouch Capacitive TouchSense® System
TouchSense Tactile Cues Engage Players in Gaming Systems
Touchscreens that Touch Back
- Allows users to feel sensations that intuitively guide them through operation or provide a more realistic and immersive experience
- Add richness to the experience by giving people the option to touch as well as use their sight and hearing
- Compensate for the noisy casino environment where sight and sound aren't giving adequate feedback
- Synchronize haptic feedback with sound and graphical images to create a more immersive, multisensory experience
3M MicroTouch Capacitive TouchSense® System – Takes highest honors in Casino Journal’s Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products of 2007
“We combine audio and visual with touch so it becomes an even greater multi-sensory experience... that heightens player interactivity.”
—Alice Moran, marketing manager, 3M Touch Systems
Logitech G27 Racing Wheel
Dual-motor Force Feedback Makes You Feel Closer Than Ever To the World's Greatest Circuits
The new G27 Racing Controller, an evolved version of the outstanding G25—Logitech’s greatest gift to the racing simulation community:
- Force feedback recreate bumps, crashes, and traction loss with jaw-dropping realism
- Lets users feel every inch of the road for maximum control and the ultimate racing experience
- Provides 900-degree wheel rotation and force feedback with exceptional responsiveness to game action, without dead zones or lag time
- Helical force feedback gearing results in smoother, quieter force feedback with less vibration
In-depth review of Logitech G27 Racing Controller by SimHQ
- "Force feedback is the most essential thing and here Logitech and the G27 rule. With good force feedback you can actually feel the way the car is handling, enabling you to react much faster than if you had to rely on visual cues alone." —techrader.com
- "Although the force feedback was already awesome in the G25 model, the Logitech G27 kicks it up to another level by adding a dual-motor force feedback with helical gearing." —gizmoactive
- "When cornering through high-speed, g-heavy turns it felt like we were actually at wheel of a sports car."
—Wired - "The feedback the wheel provides using its special dual motor design is simply amazing. The feed back strength is the same as the driving force pro, but its 100 times smoother."
—GT5mania.com - "Dual-motor force feedback: You’ll experience traction loss, weight shift, and street really feel recreated easily and accurately on the logitech g27. Helical gearing supplies the exceptionally quiet steering action. Not just a weak rumbling sensation however Force Feedback, something you can truly feel." —Racing Wheel Review
dreamGEAR Shadow Wireless
Force Feedback Lets PS3 Players Combine Rumble and Comfort
dreamGEAR's Shadow Wireless with Rumble is a CES Innovations Award Winner – Designed with a state of the art stick configuration, rubberized grips, improved L2 and R2 buttons, latency-free wireless technology, dual rumble motors and a built-in rechargeable battery.
“Re-Designed wireless controller with custom analog sticks creates the ultimate gaming experience: Designed with a state of the art stick configuration, . . . dual rumble motors and a built-in rechargeable battery, the Shadow Wireless offers unmatched functionality and form.” —NAG, News for Gamers
“Immersion is one of the primary companies behind force feedback and haptics. They’re working with a peripheral maker called dreamGEAR to put out a wireless Dual Shock alternative called the Shadow.” —CrunchGear
"Gamers have made it clear that force feedback is a requirement, and our new Shadow Wireless with Immersion's TouchSense technology will change the way they play PlayStation 3 games."
—Jason Biheller, vice president of research and development, dreamGEAR
Griffin's The Strike Rod Controller
State-of-the-art Rod & Reel Rumble Controller Gets You In On The Action.
State-of-the-art rod and reel, motion-controlled fishing pole peripheral for the XBOX 360. It features an accelerometer that senses every cast, jerk, jig, and hook set, dynamic rumble motors that further enhance the experience of catching a monster fish, and fully integrated XBOX 360 controls. The innovative reel offers variable resistance when trying to bring in a fish in and a lighted LED bar on the pole signals you when your line is about to break.
"...what makes it special is a motion-sensing rod attachment that works a lot like a longer Wiimote with a reel for hauling in your big catch. It has rumble and force-feedback so you can feel the strikes and, ...looks set to offer the most immersive virtual fishing experience yet. " —engadget
"The Accelerometer makes it so that the console recognizes casting and jerking the rod to set the hook, while the force feedback lets you feel the fish both through the rod and the reel. What all other fishing games have lacked is that feel of really reeling in a fish – they've ultimately been about casting, and not landing fish." —Frictionless Insight
"Casting the pole feels natural and the internal motion sensors translate your lure out into the on-screen water. While you're reeling in, the LED lights indicate the tension of the line while the force feedback makes the reel harder to turn. Bigger fish aren't easy to just reel in as players must adapt to battle and tire the fish until finally pulling it up onto the boat." —Game Daily
Razer Onza Tournament Edition Professional Gaming Controller with Rumble
The legendary Razer Hyperesponse technology allows you to actuate buttons faster to fire shots and initiate combos instantaneously, while reassuring you with a crisp tactile feedback; backlit buttons of the Razer Onza Tournament Edition are designed with a shorter travel distance and minimized debounce time to increase your actuation speed to stay ahead of the competition.
CNet's Review of the Razer Onza Tournament Edition – The Bottom Line: With its bevy of forward-thinking features and customization options, the Razer Onza Tournament Edition is easily one of the best third-party Xbox 360 controllers we've ever used.
"The second to last thing I was expecting to be writing about my visit to Razer's CES booth was an Xbox 360 controller. The last thing? That I like it more than Microsoft's version. After playing Halo ODST for a bit on the new controller I was impressed with how snappy the controls and buttons felt. I can see myself making this my go-to controller for shooters and the like, even with the need to plug in a cable." —Kotaku
"Razer offers a glimmer of hope in a sea of cheap, gimmicky sharks. The Onza, the company’s first shot at an Xbox 360 controller, embodies Razer’s obsessive quality and service to the hardcore." —GameInformer