Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have invented a display technology for on-screen graphics that are both visible and haptic, meaning that they can be felt via touch. The screens are patterned with tiny ...

Recent advances in scientific research may allow robotic prosthetics and virtual reality simulations to be even more effective than before. Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a new, glove-like ...

Modern virtual reality is a treat for the senses. Well, two of them at least. "Sight and sound have been the staple of VR environments," Benjy Li, a postdoctoral researcher with Stanford's Virtual ...

At CES 2024 in Las Vegas, January 8-12, UK's Ultraleap used haptic techology to allow visitors to experience rain and sun through a virtual bonsai tree using AR and VR. Extended Reality (XR) is a high ...

Imagine playing a video game where you can feel the grass beneath your character’s feet, or watching a movie and experiencing the gentle brush of a leaf as it falls to the ground. This is the World ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR), the leading developer of haptic technologies, today announced that the company has signed a license agreement with TITAN Haptics ...

A recent global survey of 156 institutions reveals strong interest in VR-haptic technology for dental training, yet significant barriers impede widespread adoption. The study was led by the University ...

Windows 11’s new haptic system isn’t limited to the latest Surface devices. A Slim Pen 2 update adds full Haptic signals ...

Haptic technology, communicating through touch, is subtly influencing modern behavior by eliciting faster human responses than auditory alerts. This "invisible interaction" reduces screen fatigue and ...

The touch screen is taking over cell phones, and soon mobile computing and even desktop computing. Both Apple and Microsoft are working on a transition to touch-enabled versions of OS X and Windows.