SAN JOSE, Calif. — Immersion Corp., developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, announced in a news release that it is now shipping a TouchSense Integration Kit. The kit, along with a new TouchSense Integration Program, can help system integrators and manufacturers create tactile feedback solutions for touchscreen-user interfaces.
The active interfaces let users feel that on-screen buttons press and release like physical buttons.
"Integrators and OEMs can use our TouchSense Integration Kit and Program to significantly improve traditional passive touchscreens, producing a stronger user connection with affirming tactile responses," said Michael D. Levin, Immersion's vice president. "Our technology restores rich, tactile information conveyed through mechanical controls, such as when typing on a keyboard or pressing a switch. The result is a more intuitive, personal and natural user experience."
Tactile feedback can improve touchscreen-based applications in a variety of markets such as banking, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, military, retail and transportation.
