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Relatedly, does anyone have a sense of how far out we are from consumer-grade haptic-feedback touchscreens? Seems like the obvious next step.
by theseatoms 11y ago
Relatedly, does anyone have a sense of how far out we are from consumer-grade haptic-feedback touchscreens?
Seems like the obvious next step.
- Grishnakh 11y ago>Relatedly, does anyone have a sense of how far out we are from consumer-grade haptic-feedback touchscreens? Well, they had them in Star Trek: The Next Generation. While not actually shown close-up in the show, the technical manual explained that the flat touchscreens actually provided tactile feedback, and of course were reconfigurable. How'd they do it? Simple: according to the technical manual, they used miniature force fields. We're not very close to developing any kind of force fields right now.... On a more serious note, I believe there's been some research into using ultrasonics to provide some kind of tactile feedback. And of course lots of phones now have vibrating feedback.
- vinay427 11y agoThe BlackBerry Storm had a haptic system, but it didn't seem to catch on, and it also did not have separate buttons so was not as easy-to-use as a menu with conventional buttons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Storm