Best Practices for Use of Vibration Feedback in Video Console Games

This paper sets out principles and practices for making the best use of rumble feedback so you can give gamers more of what they want: fun, realism, and immersion.

The paper includes design and coding tips as well as “the voice of the gamer” — the verbatim comments from the more than 11,000 video gaming console fans. Gamers say touch feedback increases realism, engagement, and fun, but what may be surprising are the broad types of rumble effects that provide these qualities. Gamers appreciate not only rumble effects that simulate real-world phenomena, but also those that provide information that makes the situation more realistic, compelling, or challenging.

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