What Are Haptics? What are haptics? As defined by Oxford Dictionary. “The use of technology that stimulates the senses of touch and motion, especially to reproduce in remote operation or computer simulation the sensations that would be felt by a user interacting directly with physical objects.” Other names for haptics are kinaesthetic communication, or 3D touch. Whether you know it or not you have been experiencing haptics in your everyday life for quite some time now. Smart phones use haptics to help signal when you have touched a button on your smart phone digital screen. Slight vibration simulates that your command has been registered. This allows the user to know that the input has been completed and that another input can be made. Using haptic gear helps to Immerse the users even more so into the digital environment which they then mentally begin to connect that what they are seeing also is physical and responsive to touch or stimulation. Forms of haptic feedback technologies include force, vibrotactile, electrotactile, ultrasound, and thermal feedback
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