Touchscreen interface adoption has exploded, most notably in the tablet and mobile phone markets, but also in an array of consumer devices, from automotive navigation systems and industrial ...

Motion and gesture control, the Kinect and PS Eye, and the Oculus Rift have all joined forces to create a tech industry filled with a new level of immersion. With a new device, Disney Research aims to ...

RoboTact is a breakthrough tactile sensing technology designed to give robotic hands and grippers a human-like sense of touch ...

If you’re like us, one of the appeals of retro tech is the tactile feedback you get from real buttons. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed a new method for bringing haptic feedback to ...

Implementing tactile (haptic) feedback in consumer-electronic devices enhances the user’s experience. It provides a sense of touch in a user-interface design and is the newest major interface on ...

January 18, 2007 Relevant feedback from an intelligent device is very important to the feel of that device, how you relate to it and how efficiently you use it. Immersion Corporation is the company ...

At GDC 2013, a company called Tactical Haptics showed off a tactile-feedback system, called Reactive Grip, for motion-controlled input devices. The prototype I got to use consisted of a hacked up ...

Apple is working on a type of hinge mechanism for an iPad keyboard case that could fold flatter than standard assemblies, as well as new methods of providing adjustable tactile key feedback. The first ...

Where Microsoft worked to make gaming more accessible for people with limited mobility, Sony has been doing the same but for the blind or visually impaired. According to a new patent published just a ...

Floating world: a 3D globe created by the University of Sussex display. (Courtesy: Eimontas Jankauskis) An ultrasound-powered, 3D visual display that can also produce audible sound and holograms that ...

Rather than having beeps or pop-up messages, notifications could some day alter the shape and texture of an iPhone, Apple Watch, or MacBook Pro, to give tactile alerts. Imagine swiping on your MacBook ...