SAN JOSE, Calif. — Immersion Corp., developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, is now shipping its TouchSense System consisting of actuators, control boards and software development kit. The TouchSense System supplies tactile feedback for a touchscreen user interface, making on-screen buttons feel like they press and release. Benefits can include increased efficiency, understanding and user satisfaction for a broad range of consumer, commercial, industrial and medical applications.
The TouchSense System can help make touchscreens a more acceptable choice where the lack of tactile feedback has been a barrier to their adoption. In these cases, TouchSense feedback can be used to create the desired mechanical feel while bringing the flexibility of configurable software interfaces.
Immersion first implemented its TouchSense force feedback technology in 1996 in gaming system peripherals from Logitech and others. It since has been incorporated into numerous computer and video console systems, including the Microsoft Sidewinder products and Xbox System; medical training systems used by hospitals and medical schools worldwide; interior controls in cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen; and in mobile phones from Samsung.
