Haptics Resource Library

Articles and News
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MPEG Standardization is a Watershed Moment for Haptics
Developments in Haptics
Haptics and Gaming: A Future Story
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PS5 DualSense Technology is Interesting Third-Party Manufacturers
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Haptic Technology Has More Applications Than You Think
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Haptics in ATSC 3.0: Enabling a Rich Broadcast/Broadband Media Experience
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PS5 DualSense Positive Feedback Has Sparked Interest In Haptics, Says Immersion Corp
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Company Behind DualSense Haptics Is ‘Thrilled’ With PS5 Reception and ‘Very Happy’ With Sony Licensing Agreement
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StrikerVR and Immersion Are Collaborating on VR Haptic Peripherals
Developments in Haptics
Experience-Driven Haptics – A Vision for the Future of Gaming and VR
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Immersion and StrikerVR to Collaborate on Advanced Haptic Peripherals for VR and Gaming
Immersion News
Immersion’s Challenge Week – Fall 2020 Winners
Industry
Here Are All The PS5 Games with DualSense Adaptive Triggers and Haptic Feedback Support
Developments in Haptics
PlayStation 5: 10 Most Creative Uses Of The Dualsense Controller’s Haptic Feedback So Far, Ranked
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Faurecia Partners With Immersion to Develop Touch-Based Automotive Technologies
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Faurecia and Immersion Partner for Haptic Automotive Technologies
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Working Toward a Standardized Haptic Coding Format
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Immersion: PlayStation 5 Launch May Be The Catalyst To Haptics Adoption (NASDAQ: IMMR)
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Feeling Touchy
Developments in Haptics
It’s a good time to be a Haptician!
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Immersion, The Tech Wizards Behind The Haptic Feedback Of PS5’s Controller, Also Created The Switch’s Joy-Cons’ HD Rumble
Haptic Learning
What are Haptics?
Developments in Haptics
Beyond the PlayStation 5
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Developers share how adaptive triggers and haptic feedback provide new game experiences on PS5
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Immersion: Sony’s Focus on PS5 DualSense Haptics Tech is Due to PS4 Already Having Pretty Much Maxed Out the Audio-Visual Experience
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A Standard for Haptics-Enabled Media Files
Haptic Learning
The Haptic Stack – Design Layer
Industry
Wellness in the Age of Haptics
Haptic Learning
Automotive Haptics – Trends and Perspectives
Haptic Learning
The Haptic Stack – Software Layer
Immersion News
Immersion and Alps Alpine Announce a New Level of Partnership With Active Sensing™ Technology License
Industry
The Move from Mobile to Your Car – Touch in Today’s Automotive Infotainment Systems
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You Immediately Forget About the DS4
Haptic Learning
The Haptic Stack – Hardware Layer
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Ready to Rumble: A Conversation About the Legacy of PlayStation’s DualShock Controller
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Haptics is Ready for Standardization
Developments in Haptics
Haptics in 2020s: Three Trends to Watch
Haptic Learning
The Haptic Stack
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Getting a Feel for Haptic Market Trends
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CES 2020: All the gaming hardware we expect to see this year
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Immersion Champions The Power Of Touch Technology
Developments in Haptics
Haptics in Gaming: Coming of Age
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Latest PlayStation 5 Details Are Encouraging for Sony and AMD
Industry
In the digital world, what is the feeling of “softness”
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Here’s what the Apple iPhone 11 Might Do
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Building Advanced Human-Machine-Interfaces with In-Car Haptic Technologies
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A Netflix hack lets you feel the action in a scene by vibrating your phone
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Sony Patent Reveals New VR Glove Featuring ‘Haptic Device’
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Sony Licenses ‘Advanced Haptics Patent Portfolio’ For ‘VR Controllers’
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TDK teams with Immersion on Haptics
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Appliance Interfaces Evolve to Resemble Smart Phones and Tablets
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Google’s Showing Signs of a Major Haptics Push
Developments in Haptics
Designing the Ultimate User Experience with Haptics: Mobile, AR, VR and Beyond
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How to Radically Impact the Mobile Experience with Haptics
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The Next Marketing Skill You Need To Master: Touch
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Beyond the Internet of Things
Industry
The Future of Haptics
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Demand good vibrations from your next Android phone
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Microsoft CLAWS at Haptics Progress: Virtual Reality is Getting Tactile
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Bosch and Immersion enter into multi-year license agreement
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Immersion Enters into Multi-Year License Agreement with Bosch
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Immersion adds to gains on licensing deal with Marquardt
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Digiday Video Awards: Immersion Wins Best Innovative Ad Tech
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Strong emotional connections create lasting results
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Tactile Design: New Tools Let You Create User Experiences for the Sense of Touch
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Mobile Star Awards ‘Best of 2017’ Nominee: Jason Bourne Trailer
Developments in Haptics
Manuel Cruz - Rsearch & Development - Immersion
Making New Things Possible Through Haptics Discovery
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Major Brands Get Hip To Haptics
Mobile Ads You Can Touch – Josh Stivers From Immersion Shares His Prediction For 2018
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Online Advertising: 10 Experts Share their 2018 Predictions
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BRIEF-Immersion Corp Appoints Carl Schlachte As Interim CEO
Developments in Haptics
Embracing Mobile Innovation and Emerging Tech to Redefine the Consumer Experience
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VR Connects 2017 Matt Tullis
VR University Sessions At VR Connects San Francisco 2017
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The XR Indie Pitch
VR Indie Pitch: A Judge’s View
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Mobile Marketing Watch - Immersion, Onkyo
Tencent Adopts Immersion TouchSense for IM App, Live Streaming Platform
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Immersion, Tencent to Incorporate Haptics into Tencent Super NBA Game
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Major Brands Get Hip To Haptics
OOH: Fastest Growing Media Platform in Brazil This Year; Adsmovil Joins IAB to Promote Ads.txt in LATAM
Industry
XR Connects Helsinki with Bob Heubel
Game On: Shaking Up the Gaming Experience at XR Connects
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Unity Developers Can Now Use Immersion’s TouchSense Force Haptic Lab
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Sky Aposta Em Anúncios Com Experiência Tátil
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Immersion Will Add Touch Feedback To Unity Game Engine
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Immersion’s TouchSense Force Haptic Lab Adds Unity Compatibility
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TouchSense Force for Unity
Immersion Brings TouchSense Force To Unity Engine With Haptic Lab
Developments in Haptics
The Power of Impactful Storytelling: Making Your Content Resonate on Mobile
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Immersion Enters Into New Licensing Agreement For Gaming And VR Applications
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LG V30 Sneak Peek
LG V30 May Include Pressure-Sensitive Haptics Like The Galaxy S8
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Mitsubishi Electric Exhibit
Immersion Inks Multi-Year License Agreement With Mitsubishi Electric
Industry
From Lab to Industry: How Immersion’s Innovation Drives Touch Technology Forward
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Getting A Feel For Haptics Technology With Immersion’s Josh Stivers
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Smartphone Touch
Cannes Lions, Immersion Bring the Power of Touch to Brand Experiences at Cannes Lions
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SpotX Servers
SpotX Teams Up With Immersion On Haptic-Responsive Video Advertising
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Mobile Marketing Watch - Immersion Adds Haptics To Wearables
Immersion Inks Realtime Deal To Add Haptics To Wearables
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Mobile Marketing Watch - Immersion, Onkyo
Immersion, Onkyo Bring TouchSense Technology To High-Fidelity Audio Smartphone
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VoiceAmerica
Advancing The Ad Creative And Seducing Your Audience With The Power Of Touch
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Major Brands Get Hip To Haptics
Major Brands Get Hip To Haptics
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AdColony and Immersion Team Up for Haptic ‘TouchSense’ Ads
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Mobile advertising with haptics significantly boosts engagement rates – Immersion TouchSense Ads are coming to Teads
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TouchSense Force Plugin Aims to Help VR Game Devs Make Better Haptics, Faster
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Three Mobile Trends To Watch 2017
Three Mobile Trends to Watch in 2017: Post-MWC Thoughts
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Immersion Ads You Can Feel
AdColony and Immersion Prolong Their Partnership
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Immersion Brings Haptics To Console, VR Markets With TouchSense
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TouchSense Force Lets Devs Create Better Haptic Feedback On Oculus Touch
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Immersion reveals TouchSense Force for better touch feedback in games
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Nintendo Switch Specs: How Its Touchscreen Feature Works
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Immersion’s TouchSense Technology Used in Nintendo Switch
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Here’s The Available Specs On The Nintendo Switch Hardware
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CES 2017: Programmatic Advertising Insiders Cut Through the Hype
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Immersion Corp. Enters Licensing Agreement With Grayhill Expanding Its Haptic Technology For Mobile Campaigns
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This Company Is Trying To Bring Touch To The Digital World
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Immersion Introduces New Touch Effects on Mobile Video Ads Using Haptic Ad Service
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Haptic Ad Service for ‘Touch Effects’ in Mobile Video Ads
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Teads Dives Into Haptic Technology Via Test With Immersion
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SD Times News Digest: …And The New Touch Sense SDK For Android Developers
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Want To Make Your Game Stand Out In The App Store?
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These Media Plans Represent Creativity at Its Finest, Regardless of Budget
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Immersion Launches New Touch Tech Products for Android
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Immersion Aids Mobile Device Manufacturers Via Launch of TouchSense Products
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CRIWARE Goes Haptic!
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Yoga Pants That Correct Your Form and the Future of Haptic Fashion
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Its TouchSense Design Cloud Allows Marketers to Create Their Own Touch Feedback for Mobile Video Ads.
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Cannes Lions 2016: Attendees ‘Feel’ The Work with Haptic Technology
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Immersion Unveils First Haptic Design Toolkit for Tactile Effects in Mobile Video
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Touch Technology Makes a Splash in Mobile Advertising
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Opera Mediaworks and Immersion bring haptic technology to mobile video advertising
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Opera Mediaworks, Immersion Spur Mobile Ad Innovation
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Peugeot Haptic effect Video ads Nominated for MOMA
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Immersion and Thumbkandi Launch First-Ever Tactile Animated Emoji and Sticker Collection Featuring Club América Soccer Club
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Mobile Technologies Enable Console-Like Experiences
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One Step Beyond: Continental Wins 2016 AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Award
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Digital economy necessitates thorough filtering of agencies
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Lexus Capitalizes On March Madness
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What’s New Mobile World Congress 2016?
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Immersion Sues Apple for Patent Infringement Over Touch Feedback
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Immersion (IMMR) Announces Tencent to Adopt Haptics in Upcoming Mobile Game
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Wearable Tech in 2015: The Hype Bubble Burst
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Peugeot sends mobile ads you can feel to the UK
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Peugeot’s haptic feedback mobile ad lets you feel engine vibrations on your phone
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Peugeot claims UK first with vibrating mobile ads
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Peugeot Launches Mobile Campaign Using Haptic Technology
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Peugeot claims UK first with vibrating mobile ads
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Peugeot Launches Mobile Campaign To Drive 308GTi
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Immersion, Google Expand Android Games You Can Feel
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How Immersion and Google are working together to shed light on haptic-enhanced games
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Stoli’s Mobile Ads Let You Actually Feel a Cocktail Being Made in Your Hand
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When you really “feel it,” Immersion is the company behind the haptics we experience every day
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Acer Predator Tablet Makes Gaming More Immersive
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Haptics will become the core technology of the wearables era
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LeTV Ties Up with Immersion Corporation to Produce 4D Phones
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Immersion Powers Tactile Feedback Technology on ‘RingToss World Tour’ Game
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The Engagement and Retention Equation: Left Brain + Right Brain
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‘Haptics’ Technology Market Only Getting Hotter Says Immersion CEO
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Innovation & Haptic Touch, with Chris Ullrich
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Google intros haptic feedback-friendly ‘Games You Can Feel’
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Games You Can Feel page on Google Play highlights haptic feedback
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Games You Can Feel Brings Together Games With Haptic Feedback
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Beyond the buzz: why haptics matter
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Why We Need a Haptic Design Language for Wearables
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Smartwatches Bring Good Vibrations
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Tech’s Next Step: Devices that Touch You Back
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The Language of Feel Will Establish Wearables As A Distinct Category
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Mobile World Congress 2015 Roundup
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Digital Trends Top Tech of MWC 2015 nominees
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MWC 2015 Highlight Day 1: The Edge of Innovation
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[MWC 2015] Immersion redefines wearables communication with instinctive alerts framework
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Immersion Redefines Wearables with Technology that allows you to Reach Out & Touch Someone
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Gadgets Are Getting Better at Fooling Your Sense of Touch
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Mobile Campaign of the Year: Showtime’s Homeland
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Technical Resources
Recommended Practices for Haptics in Enterprise VR

This document is intended to orient product and program managers working in enterprise virtual reality (EVR) application areas who are considering adding haptic feedback technologies to their new or existing projects. This document collects several decades of combined experience in this specific area by members of the Haptics Industry Forum. More information available at https://hapticsif.org.

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UX Impacts of Haptic Latency in Automotive Interfaces

UX Impacts of Haptic Latency in Automotive Interfaces – Literature Review and User Study Originally published on July 2013; Revised March 2021 Amaya B. Weddle, Hua Yu, and Maggie MorenoWith updated introduction provided by Felipe Almeida The implementation of touchscreens is almost ubiquitous in the automotive industry, with roughly 99% of the new vehicles produced […]

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Mastering Haptics in Automotive – Actuators and HD Haptics

View this 1-hr discussion session with Chris Ullrich, CTO at Immersion and Nate Coy, CSO at Cirque, an Alps Alpine company on actuators and HD haptic use cases for implementation in cars.

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Mastering Haptics in Automotive – Mechanical Design and Haptic Hardware

Learn about mechanical design and haptic hardware for automotive HMIs in this 1-hr online

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Mastering Haptics in Automotive – A Session on Haptic Design

Learn about designing haptics for automotive HMIs in this 1-hr online

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Mastering Haptics in Automotive – A Beginner’s Class

Learn about automotive haptics and get a better understanding of what it takes to build a haptic experience in this 1-hr online class.

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Haptic System Design for Automotive Touch Surfaces

Immersion’s haptic system design provides automotive suppliers with the guidance needed to quickly go-to-market with an advanced haptic system for future in-car HMI experiences

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Active Sensing Technology Datasheet

Active Sensing Technology achieves high-definition haptic effects by relying on a sensor to measure and send actuator acceleration data to the IC controller for real-time recalibration.

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High Definition (HD) Actuator Selection and Testing Guidelines

This document outlines the frequency range and acceleration speeds required to produce hi-definition tactile effects in a variety of mobile and handheld consumer electronic products.

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Advancing Haptic Design – Focusing on Human Interpretations of Tactile Effects

This guidebook explores how we are impacted by touch in the deepest parts of our brains and how we can use the sense of touch to tell our stories in digital products.

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More technical resources

Videos

The opportunity to use haptic technology for realistic touch feedback in cars is growing. As with any new technology, the details are in the implementation. In this online class, we will provide a deeper look at mechanical designs and layouts of haptic systems for automotive use cases.

Haptic technology is growing. It is used to add the sense of touch to many new applications today – from your smartphone and other wearables to digitally-enabled buttons in your car and gaming controllers.

Sign-up to attend a 1-hr discussion session with Chris Ullrich, CTO at Immersion and Nate Coy, CSO at Cirque, an Alps Alpine company on actuators and HD haptic use cases for implementation in cars.

Haptics adds interactive feedback making the user experience easier to use, intuitive and helpful. This demo is built with Immersion’s Active Sensing Technology and TDK’s PowerHap Piezo Actuator.

Dave Birnbaum, Distinguished Staff, Technology Strategy, presents a short informative talk about using haptics in robotics to convey information back to the user/controller.

This 1-hr class is an intermediate session on haptic design for automotive HMIs. The class covers considerations in creating haptics, multimodal design and interaction primitives, haptic use today, haptic input strategies, and interaction design.

This 1-hr class covers the basics of automotive haptics, delves into requirements, discusses choices and trade-offs in building a haptic experience, and showcase inspirational uses of haptics in the car.

イマージョンが開発した「アクティブセンシングテクノロジー」は、触感システムの能力を最大限に引き出し、シャープで鮮明な触覚効果を作り出すスマートアルゴリズムでありシステム設計です。 詳細について Active Sensing Technology

Active Sensing Technology improves actuator performance for hi-fidelity haptics. Built by Immersion to make people’s interaction with the digital world more intuitive, engaging, and helpful. Learn more about Active Sensing Technology here.

Immersion – Innovating for the Future. We’re here to develop and expand the use of haptic technology to improve people’s interactions with their digital environment, making it intuitive, engaging, and helpful.