From virtual reality to rehabilitation and communication, haptic technology has revolutionized the way humans interact with the digital world. While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory cues ...

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 ...

Haptic Touch has always felt like a poor replacement for 3D Touch, but a new setting option makes it better. I do, and I miss it all the time. Apple introduced 3D Touch with the iPhone 6S. The feature ...

As soon as Apple rolled out the iOS 17 update earlier this week, I upgraded my iPhone 14 Pro. I then tweaked my new iOS experience by changing six iOS 17 settings on the handset. I wasn't aware at the ...

Tactical Haptics has won a federal National Science Foundation grant to develop touch-feedback systems that deliver a realistic sense of touch in virtual reality. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company ...

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 ...

How can haptic feedback, which uses vibrations to simulate real touch sensations, be improved to provide more accurate data to users? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address ...

When it comes to haptic feedback, most technologies are limited to simple vibrations. But our skin is loaded with tiny sensors that detect pressure, vibration, stretching and more. Now, Northwestern ...

The second beta of iOS 17 that Apple released to developers yesterday includes a setting that makes the haptic feedback feature activate faster than before, which some users may prefer. An ...

Haptic technologies enable consumers to perceive touch sensations when using electronic devices. The touch sensation, created by an actuator embedded in the device, makes a virtual experience seem ...