Using your skin as a touchscreen has been brought a step closer after UK scientists successfully created tactile sensations on the palm using ultrasound sent through the hand. The University... Read more
Tactile feedback is nothing new It’s been used in telecommunications and in entertainment for decades, and it became a standard feature in the late 1990s in mobile phones and video gam... Read more
Technology has changed rapidly over the last few years with touch feedback, known as haptics, being used in entertainment, rehabilitation and even surgical training. New research, using ultr... Read more
The use of ultrasonic vibrations is a new technique for delivering tactile sensations to the user. A system that allows users to experience multi-point haptic feedback above an interactive s... Read more
With systems like the Kinect and Leap Motion, controlling a gadget with just the wave of a hand is starting to become much more commonplace. The one drawback to those gesture-based devices h... Read more
Using haptics to improve outcomes for people given visual prosthetics Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development, the... Read more
Forget haptic feedback. When combined, two pieces of virtual-reality tech offer an immersive gaming experience that puts you in the middle of the action. Texas-based startup Virtuix posted a... Read more
UT Dallas researchers are extending the borders of virtual reality, going beyond virtual spaces in which people can see and hear each other to an environment that adds the sense of touch. Th... Read more
Typing with thumbs on glass can often prove to be as fruitful as talking to an actual wall. That is to say, both are an exercise in frustration. Yet, with smartphone adoption continuing to c... Read more
When will we be able to enter a room and create an imaginary scenario so realistic that it seems as if we are really there? Sooner than you think, says Dr. Kaku. Michio Kaku: We all love the... Read more
It’s great that your smartphone allows you to dial a cell number or adjust the volume on your favorite song just by tapping the screen, but it’s something of a one-sided relationship. No mat... Read more
A new tactile technology developed at Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP), called Surround Haptics, makes it possible for video game players and film viewers to feel a wide variety of sensatio... Read more
Your driving instructor probably told you to always keep two hands on the wheel, and your feet ready at the pedals. For people lacking the use of one or more upper or lower limbs, however, t... Read more
