Meanwhile, the haptic feedback for touchscreen typing is cranked to 11 and significantly unhelpful.
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The Thrive's got a haptic display and a button to lock the screen orientation.
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The availability of the SDK completes the recent launch of Immersion's MOTIV Haptic Development Platform.
While we were there, we also asked Hsu about the rumored future for Haptic displays.
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Embedded haptic technology seems a logic feature for the Wii U and all subsequent eighth generation consoles.
The floor has haptic sensors that shudder with a thud when I land.
Smartphone makers like Nokia (NOK), Samsung, and LG are big users, and haptic technology is increasingly found in automobiles.
Look for the leader in haptic technology to benefit as the gaming industry keeps moving toward touch and virtual technology.
Today's auto interiors are riddled with technology, festooned with LCDs and feature high-resolution cameras, gesture detection and capacitive touch with haptic feedback.
That Start button, by the way, delivers some strong, reassuring haptic feedback -- stronger than on some other Windows 8 tablets, that's for sure.
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The MOTIV SDK automatically optimizes haptic effects across all Android handsets to reduce code fragmentation while still providing a high quality experience for all.
Navigation through the app is steered by holding your finger to the screen, hearing the menu described and giving haptic feedback to confirm your choice.
The litigation was initiated based on Motorola's various uses of a simple form of haptic effects in its mobile devices, sometimes referred to as Basic Haptics.
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The touchscreen is pretty sharp as well, both with the haptic feedback when using it, response to your finger's pokes, and the quality of the display itself.
"We're talking about interactive knowledge, a haptic knowledge, " says Rodenbeck.
It also uses 3-D scanning, haptic feedback, and metal detectors.
Using the human anatomy itself to create a powerful sense of immersion, KOR-fx enhances video game play, movie watching and music listening, through an entirely new form of acousto-haptic technology.
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KOR-fx, a new form of acousto-haptic technology being introduced in a device by the same name, will revolutionize the way consumers experience multi-media when it is introduced later this year.
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In past years we reported on many OLED patents by Apple including a flexible OLED based haptic display, OLED based BLUs for LCDs, OLED control schemes and others.
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"The Vybe Haptic Gaming Pad is truly a game changer that adds a whole new dimension of user experiences through tactile sensations, " notes Danny Kim, Director of Softlines Licensing for Marvel.
The capacitive buttons are ultra-responsive like the ones we experienced on the older Focus models, and the device's vibration motor left us with unquestionably better haptic feedback than the Lumia 900.
As the cursor lands here and there on the screen, the controller subtly pulses and tugs at itself with what's called haptic feedback, which helps operators by providing an affirmative, snap-to-grid feel.
We'd heard buzz of haptic support -- and while it is possible it is somewhere in there, we can't get at it, so we'll leave that one up in the air for now.
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Using a Bluetooth enabled fork to capture the number of servings, intervals and time to finish (combined with haptic feedback) transforms a simple utensil into a possible ally in our battle with the bulge.
Mira has been investigating how to use haptic, tactile feedback systems to safely get the attention of riders and warn them about other vehicles, prepare them for the road ahead or give help at junctions.
While we appreciate that having a touchscreen allows Tesla to tweak the user interface in software, there's no haptic feedback, and we'd still much prefer having good ole hardware knobs and switches for the main controls.
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The systems include laser scanners, haptic handles and gloves, a vibrating seat, lights, smart helmet-cameras and radar as well as a pannier full of the electronics that analyse data gathered by the sensors and pump out warnings.
But the screens could stand to be a shade brighter, and I wonder whether haptic feedback (a little buzz to your finger when you push the screen) can compare to the sensation of actually turning a knob.
It's also packing motion control sensors, haptic feedback, dual speakers, shoulder buttons, left and right rear triggers, a microphone, an infrared sensor, near-field communication support, a front-facing camera and a rechargeable battery (it even has its own power adapter).
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