> It was kind of a gimmick, but in this day and age of game hardware designed to just be "cool", it feels like it could come back. Smartphone manufacturers are

> It was kind of a gimmick, but in this day and age of game hardware designed to just be "cool", it feels like it could come back. Smartphone manufacturers are looking at this precisely to generate textured sensations on the glass surface, so one could for example feel the surface of UI elements(1), or feel the sensation of materials with a stylus(2): (1) https://www.cultofmac.com/661962/haptic-feedback-could-make-iphone-displays-feel-like-rocks-or-fur/ https://www.cultofmac.com/661962/haptic-feedback-could-make-... (2)https://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/30/apple-invents-stylus-capable-of-simulating-onscreen-texture-through-haptic-feedback https://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/30/apple-invents-sty...