Force feedback joysticks are prized for creating a more realistic experience when used with software like flight sims. Sadly, you can’t say the same thing about using them with mech games, ...

Next to sight and sound, haptics are one of the lowest hanging fruits for creating immersion in VR. But beyond the rumble we have in today’s VR controllers there’s lots of other immersive haptic tech ...

Even since the introduction of the Taptic Engine in the iPhone 7, Apple has been all-in on excellent haptics. It’s surprising, then, that it has taken so long for the iPhone’s keyboard to have haptic ...

Check out this year's entries for the Edge Awards competition. Vishay Intertechnology's IHPT-1411AF-AB0 customizable haptic feedback actuator targets applications like touchscreens, joysticks, and ...

The company will pay $26 million to settle a patent-infringement suit and acquire rights to use Immersion?s "haptic" technology in devices such as joysticks. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Rumors that Apple is making a touchscreen Mac are about as old as the Steve Jobs adage that touchscreen laptops suck and make your arm ache. But a fresh patent shows Apple is still working on the idea ...

Studies show that a haptic keyboard improves touchscreen typing speed and input accuracy, but very few people know you can enable it on your iPhone. Android phones years ago had haptic keyboards, but ...

Get a clicky keyboard on your phone, too. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Studies show that a haptic keyboard improves touchscreen typing speed and input accuracy, but very few people know you can ...

Nothing says “1980s gaming” like a black joystick with a single red fire button. But if you prefer better ergonomics, you can connect modern gamepads to your retrocomputers thanks to a variety of ...