Immersion’s MOTIV development platform integrates haptics into Android, we go hands-on

You may know that Immersion’s haptic technology is in everything from surgical simulators to game controllers , but we’re willing to bet you didn’t know it’s already baked into over 200 million existing devices — including every Samsung Galaxy S smartphone and handsets by Nokia and LG. Now, using Android handsets’ existing vibrator motors, a cheap software upgrade can inject force feedback into existing elements across the entire Android UI (2.2 and up), and with future devices — built with multi-dollar piezoelectric actuators that vibrate the screen itself — the haptic experience goes hi-fi. Now that it’s revealed that little easter egg to the world, Immersion wants you to build some apps, and to that end it’s releasing the MOTIV developer platform this March. Read all about it after the break. Gallery: Immersion’s piezoelectric haptic reference handset, hands-on Continue reading Immersion’s MOTIV development platform integrates haptics into Android, we go hands-on Immersion’s MOTIV development platform integrates haptics into Android, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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