A Standard for Haptics-Enabled Media Files

By Yeshwant Muthusamy, Senior Director, Standards, at Immersion Corp.

Haptic technology provides an additional layer of entertainment and sensory immersion. Learn about a standardized approach to bringing haptics to media files.

In April 2020, the MPEG Systems File Format sub-group accepted a proposal from Immersion for the addition of haptic tracks to audio/video files in the ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF). The proposal will proceed to the next stage in the standardization process. Read more about the proposal in Electronic Design here:
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/analog/article/21136731/a-standard-for-hapticsenabled-media-files

Originally published on Electronic Design, July 15, 2020.