“The Chinese media has reported that one of the iPhone 6′s secret weapons might be the introduction of a new haptic feedback technology,” Mihai Matei reports for G 4 Games.
“According to sources, the new tactile feedback linear motor is more intelligent and capable of producing different types of subtle vibrations in correlation with the application’s scenario,” Matei reports. “It can even emit different vibrations depending on the area of the touch screen that is being pressed.”
“The fourth generation of haptic feedback technology called ‘Bulldog’ has been demonstrated,” Matei reports. “However, the Chinese media hasn’t mentioned anything about Bulldog, so we’re unsure if the iPhone 6 will make use of the fourth-gen haptic feedback motors, or if it will develop its own technology.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz,” “Dan K.,” and “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]
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Apple granted 40 patents covering a self-adapting haptic device, scene adaptive auto exposure, a virtual drafting tools application and much more – July 16, 2013
Apple files new patents relating to haptics, Thunderbolt, iSight and improved accessibility for the hearing impaired – August 23, 2012
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Apple files patent application for haptic feedback touch-based user interface – March 22, 2012
Happy Haptic to all
Very doubtful.
This rumor has accompanied every iPhone since the 3GS.
Remember when the HD in “iPod HD” was rumored to stand for “Haptic Display?” These rumors have loooooong tails.
the technology has arrived!? Hope so Apple would lead the way AGAIN.
Nexus 4 phone has it and it is nothing new.
This is just one of those little “rumors” that sometimes takes on a life of its own, thereby creating excitement in the tech press who begin to call it an “expectation” so that when Apple doesn’t include this feature the brilliant iPhone(s) it does announce somehow are flawed or fell short.
This happens every single release.
The headline should say ‘might offer’ not ‘to offer’
Great heads up by Fred Mertz 👍🌞
Vibration is interesting, but the more game changing technology is screens that can morph. Apple has some patents on this tech and other companies like Tactus have demonstrated devices where certain areas of the screen raise to form buttons. Incorporate this into games, maps, and in the future, pictures, video, etc. and the technology becomes very compelling.
I did some further research into Tactus: At CES 2014 one of their reps said, “We have had significant engagements with brand companies and you will start to see devices later this year.”
On April 17, 2014 Winston Corporation made a significant investment in Tactus. Winston was spun-off by Acer in 2000 and partnered with Microsoft in 2011.
It would be a shame if Microsoft beat Apple to market with this tech.
Why is western culture so binary? “…[Bulldog] is so new it’s unclear whether whether Apple will use it or develop its own…”
Or Apple could use established haptic technology.
Or Apple could do nothing with haptics.”
In the USA, this is significantly due to the influence of its Puritan religion cultural roots.
Meanwhile, the general culture in Europe/UK is trending significantly away from binary, b/w, into a far greater appreciation of the diversity and complexity of the natural world. There are of course exceptions, which typically are wrought by certain religious/primitive influences I shall not name but are very well known.
With all due respect, Derek, that’s not very accurate. In fact, all three Abrahamic religions exhibit binary conclusions, but Christianity holds to a basic non-binary belief system, founded upon the mystery of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all being three-in-one. Eastern thought (and religion) give far more weight to spectrum of idea and shades of gray.
I’ll stop here before the moderators ask what this has to with Apple, Mac and iOS.
all three Abrahamic religions exhibit binary conclusions
No disagreement from me at all! I’m incredibly indebted to Zen Buddhism, personally. It blew my mind wide open to comprehend vivid details of the world around us never considered by my ‘western’ philosophy upbringing. The other huge mind blower was when I studied natural Earth environments. Their complexity will forever be beyond human comprehension. We think WE’RE smart? Study how Earth’s living systems work and you’ll be humbled forever.
But the Puritans were certainly one of the acmes of binary, bipolar (!), +/- thinking. Recall the Salem witch trials? That wasn’t mythology. They were that vehement in their profoundly lost adherence to +/- thinking. It’s thoroughly well known in the USA that specifically the Puritan sect of Christianity stamped that +/- thinking into the future of the ‘American’ culture. It lives on every day here.
PLEASE read some Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of my heroes, who was the master at describing exactly how puritans thought and acted. It’s beyond shocking. My favorite of such stories is ‘The Maypole Of Merry Mount. He’s writing about one of his own direct ancestors. It is a HORROR story of revelation about the Puritan culture. Then there’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ and ‘House of Seven Gables’…
Part of my family was among the second arrival of Puritans to Plymouth. It’s part of my family history as well.
Now, if you head over to ‘The Left Coast’ of the USA, you’re not going to find much Puritanical influence. They have their own problems.
I’ll stop here before the moderators ask what this has to with Apple, Mac and iOS.
HAHAHAHA! Like that happens.
Thanks for a thoughtful conversation. We should get gold stars for such things around here.
So, if haptic devices become the norm, will we have a new disease called ‘Haptic Addiction’? Or does that malady already exist through the availability of similarly reactive and vibrational devices? Just asking. Just wondering. 😉