Xbox Kinect’s upcoming midair multitouch is gunning for you, Leap Motion

March 6, 2013 10:47 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Microsoft Research is always working on cool new features, and based on a video Microsoft just released, it seems clear that the next version of Kinect will be able to better recognize hands, hand positioning, and hand gestures, effectively letting you control your Xbox -- and your PC -- with just the equipment god gave you, right out of the box.

Able Planet and Artificial Muscle to show off headphones with haptic feedback

January 5, 2013 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Haptic feedback, which sends touch pulses into your fingertips, has been heavily used in game controllers. But now a division of Germany's Bayer has developed a touch-feedback technology that can enhance the way you hear things as well.

Force feedback could be the sequel to the touchscreen craze

August 14, 2012 7:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Consumers have been slow to adopt haptics (aka force feedback), but one startup believes in the technology and its value.

Artificial Muscle’s touch sensors can deepen the bass in headphones (exclusive)

May 30, 2012 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Haptic feedback, or touch vibration sensors, have been built into game controllers for years. But now they’re also being used to improve the quality 0f bass sounds in high-end audio headphones.

Artificial Muscle is unveiling the audio application for its …

Immersion improves touch feedback in mobile phones so you can feel a maraca shake

February 23, 2012 5:30 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

More than 400 million mobile phones give you vibrational feedback thanks to technology from haptics (touch sense) firm Immersion.

Now the San Jose, Calif.-based Immersion is improving the nature of touch feedback in mobile phones with HD Integrator, which allows …

Touchscreen inventor: Forget 3D, haptics is the future of mobile screens

August 12, 2011 12:42 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Now that capacitive touchscreens have become the standard in mobile devices, many are looking for  the next big innovation.

3D is one possibility — smartphones featuring the technology like the Evo 3D are already available. But according to Synaptics technology …