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Microsoft Settles With Immersion Over Haptic Patent

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the wheels-greased-with-cash dept.

Dolly_Llama writes "Immersion settled their lawsuit against Microsoft over the use of Haptic vibration technology in the XBox controllers. Microsoft paid Immersion $26M to settle and to license Immersion's haptic patents. Immersion has a similar lawsuit still pending with Sony."

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  1. Repetitive Haptic Injury? by quinkin · · Score: 3, Funny
    So at least we know who to blame now for the long term damage caused by vibrating console controls...

    Q.

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    1. Re:Repetitive Haptic Injury? by quinkin · · Score: 4, Funny
      Well thats what my wife keeps saying is causing her sore wrists.....

      Hey wait....

      Q. :)

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  2. Why didn't MS just buy them? by mhesseltine · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then, they would be the ones collecting royalties from SONY.

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