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 ...

Discover haptics technology, which simulates touch sensations, enhancing user experiences in virtual reality and various devices.

The year is 1997, and it’s around Christmas. You open your gifts to find a new accessory for your Nintendo 64. It’s called a Rumble Pak, a removable device that plugs into the back of your controller.

When it comes to gaming, players are never satisfied. Everything has to be faster, brighter, larger, louder, multi-dimensional, and heart-pounding. Sometimes gaming rigs are surrounded by customizable ...

Next to sight and sound, haptics are one of the lowest hanging fruits for creating immersion in VR. But beyond the rumble we have in today’s VR controllers there’s lots of other immersive haptic tech ...

Studies show that a haptic keyboard improves touchscreen typing speed and input accuracy, but very few people know you can enable it on your iPhone. Android phones years ago had haptic keyboards, but ...

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 ...

A hidden setting will speed up Haptic Touch, the fantastic feature that lets you preview links and bring up menus on your iPhone. If you use Haptic Touch all the time, like I do, changing this setting ...

Mega-big automotive supplier Harman and British startup Ultrahaptics are partnering to create a haptic driver feedback system. Drivers who press virtual buttons and turn virtual knobs in mid-air would ...