Immersion (known for creative input experiences) demoed a fairly interesting new haptic experiment its working on — a virtual, iPhone-like keyboard that not only responds with sound and vibration, but some kind of feedback that recreates the feeling of actually moving your fingers across a keyboard. Details were scarce on the technology used, but during the demo at D7 the company showed off multitouch typing, and a new form of feedback which seems to create the sensation that there is a physical keyboard beneath your fingers. The functionality sounds eerily similar to the Haptikos technology that Nokia showed off way back in 2007. We’re working on more details, but for now, feast your eyes on the pics in the gallery below.
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Original post by Joshua Topolsky
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