Haptics

Haptics (or haptic feedback) is the use of motion and vibration to simulate touch. While most current technological devices predominantly stimulate vision and hearing, with haptics, machines can reach out and touch their users.

Haptic feedback communicates with users through sensory experience of touch, vibrations, motions, or the perceived application of force and pressure. It recreates the way we interact with the world around us.

Advances in haptics allow information to be transmitted through touch, even in the absence of physical objects. This enables control of virtual objects without having to touch them physically.