As a marketer, I am always on the lookout for the next big thing in media. My most recent discovery is haptic technology. Haptic technology allows a user to interact with a computer through touch. This technology has been around for a while, but never has been commonly used in marketing until recently.

Some examples of haptic technology are:

Force feedback – A joystick that will vibrate when you hit something in a game or steering wheel that will give resistance when you take a turn too fast in a simulated driving game.

Tactile feedback – A keyboard that will actually make you feel like you are pressing down on keys or the screen of your cell phone that will give you tactile feedback when you press buttons on your screen.

Haptic technology is already being used extensively in gaming and virtual reality environments. I can only imagine what this kind of interaction could do with the Internet…I can’t wait to find out!

Haptic technology, or haptics, is a tactile feedback technology which takes advantage of a user’s sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations and/or motions to the user. This mechanical stimulation can be used to assist in the creation of virtual objects in a computer simulation, to control such virtual objects, and to enhance the remote control of machines and devices (telerobotics). It has been described as “the science of applying touch (tactile) sensation and control to interaction with computer applications.”

Haptics, a term coined from the Greek word “haptesthai” meaning “to fasten,” is a tactile feedback technology that takes advantage of a user’s sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. Haptic devices may incorporate tactile sensors that measure forces exerted by the user on the interface.

The term “haptic” has its origin in the Greek word for “touch”. It is used in a variety of contexts including haptic interfaces, haptic devices, haptic effects, haptic rendering and haptic feedback. Haptic interface refers to an interface that allows users to interact with electronic systems through touch; haptic device refers to an electronic device which produces force-feedback; haptic effect refers

Haptic technology, or haptics, is a tactile feedback technology which takes advantage of a user’s sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. This mechanical stimulation can be used to assist in the creation of virtual objects in a computer simulation, to control such virtual objects, and to enhance the remote control of machines and devices (telerobotics). It has also been used in medical applications.

Haptic technology has made it possible to investigate how the human sense of touch works by allowing the creation of carefully controlled haptic virtual objects. The word “haptic”, from the Greek: ἁπτικός (haptikos), means “pertaining to the sense of touch” and comes from the Greek verb ἅπτεσθαι haptesthai which means “to contact” or “to touch”.

Haptic technology, or haptics, is a tactile feedback technology which takes advantage of a user’s sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. This mechanical stimulation can be used to assist in the creation of virtual objects in a computer simulation, to control such virtual objects, and to enhance the remote control of machines and devices (telerobotics).

It has been used in gaming, mobile phones and tablets.

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Haptic technology has made it possible to investigate how the human sense of touch works by allowing the creation of carefully controlled haptic virtual objects.

Haptic technology is technology that takes advantage of the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. This mechanical stimulation can be used to assist in the creation of virtual objects in a computer simulation, to control such virtual objects, and to enhance the remote control of machines and devices ( telerobotics). It has also been used in mainstream video games on the Nintendo DS handheld and the PlayStation 3 home console through the use of force feedback technology.

Haptics, a term coined from the Greek haptein (to fasten) refers to any form of interaction involving touch. Haptic devices may incorporate tactile sensors that measure forces exerted by the user on the interface. Most researchers distinguish three sensory systems related to sense of touch in humans: cutaneous, kinesthetic and haptic. All perceptions mediated by cutaneous and/or kinesthetic sensibility are referred to as tactual perception. The sense of touch may be classified as passive and active, and the term “haptic” is often associated with active touch to communicate or recognize objects. Haptic technology has made it possible to investigate how the human sense of touch works by allowing the creation of carefully controlled haptic virtual objects.

The word “haptic”, from the Greek:

Haptic technology, which is also known as kinaesthetic communication or 3D touch, refers to any technology that can create an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user.

Haptic technologies include interfaces and devices for blind people, remote control of machines, and the use of tactile sensations to enhance the experience of using computer applications. When you use a haptic interface, you feel as if your hand were actually touching objects in the virtual world.

The term comes from the Greek word haptesthai meaning “to touch”, from the root word hapto (“I fasten”). The word “haptic” shares a Greek root with the words “tactile” and “tangibility”.