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Current State of Haptic Research

Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday February 4, 2005 @04:49AM from the tommy-can-you-hear-me dept.

prostoalex writes "An article on InformIT.com looks at the current state of haptic technologies: "In the consumer realm, two companies dominate the field in the creation of tactile I/O devices: Immersion Corporation and SensAble Technologies. Right now, each seems interested in consolidating a position in the marketplace.""

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definition for those of you like me. by PrinceAshitaka · 2005-02-04 04:51 · Score: 5, Informative

haptic (hptk) adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile.

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Another definition by th1ckasabr1ck · 2005-02-04 04:55 · Score: 5, Informative

"haptic touch" is the name of the system that lets us feel stuff through objects we hold, to "feel the road through the stick or cane, or even through the wheels of a car we are driving."