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Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback

Posted by michael on from the putting-a-damper-on-things dept.

stereoroid writes: "Immersion Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Sony and Microsoft, alleging unauthorised use of their patents - here's their press release. The suit alleges that any use of touch or force feedback in their consoles violates their patents. For some obscure reason, this was first reported in the Irish Times today."

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  1. This technology is 100 years old! by clintp · · Score: 5, Informative
    The technology for arcade games to have physical feedback to the user is well over 100 years old.

    Go to an antique arcade (here's one) and look around a bit. There's machines that use electrical stimulation (low-voltage applied across the handles) and machines that use mechanical feedback (vibration, pulling, pushing). Many of these machines date from the 19th century.

    There's nothing *new* about this at all.

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