The Tactile Internet represents a transformative approach to connectivity, enabling the remote transmission of touch and actuation data in near real-time. By integrating haptic communication, this ...

Marcia O’Malley, the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Engineering and professor and chair of mechanical engineering at Rice University. Haptic devices, which enable communication through touch ...

Smartphones and navigation apps have become second nature these days. But for those with blindness and low vision, it’s not quite so convenient. Haptic has been building a non-visual, non-verbal way ...

A new standard for codecs used for haptics could revolutionize tele-health and online gaming. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

Apple previously deployed a feature called 3D Touch, which was first introduced with the iPhone 6S lineup in late 2015. This feature allowed for pressure-sensitive functions, such as holding a button ...

Sensing a hug from each other via the internet may be a possibility in the near future. A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently developed a wireless, soft e-skin that can ...

The field of haptic communication and vibrotactile interfaces focuses on the translation of electronic signals into tactile sensations, thereby facilitating non-visual information exchange. These ...

Engineers, developers or hobbyists interested in building haptic feedback systems may be interested in TactorBots a haptic design Toolkit specifically designed for “out of the lab exploration of ...

Haptics are any type of technology that gives you a tactile response — for example, when your phone vibrates. If you use an iPhone, you may be familiar with Haptic Touch, a feature which vibrates your ...

As soon as Apple rolled out the iOS 17 update earlier this week, I upgraded my iPhone 14 Pro. I then tweaked my new iOS experience by changing six iOS 17 settings on the handset. I wasn't aware at the ...