“Apple’s Taptic Engine is basically a branded version of haptic user interface technology designed to bridge the digital-physical divide,” iPhone Informer writes. “Upon using vibratory motors, in Apple’s case the bespoke linear actuator, devices like Apple Watch are capable of reproducing analogs of physical touch and motion sensations or new and distinct tactile experiences. Aural cues from onboard speakers complete the system.”
“Apple has integrated the technology so tightly as to make it feel almost organic, a feature rarely accomplished in a lineage of haptic feedback systems that goes back decades. By providing contextual vibratory feedback, Apple is able to replicate taps, heartbeats, shakes and more,” iPhone Informer writes. “Translating that same haptic feedback technology to a full-fledged iOS device would not only bring parity across Apple’s range of portable products, but could serve to enhance the user experience in ways never before possible.”
“Imagine an iPhone or iPad capable of reproducing rubber-banding vibrations similar to Apple Watch, but on a larger scale. Relying on their fingertips instead of a wrist, users would be able to better differentiate minute changes in vibration that could open the door to a more compelling haptic language specific to iOS,” iPhone Informer writes. “The gains won by adding Taptic Engine tech to an already formidable arsenal of iOS UI and UX features could be big if done correctly.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The Apple Watch’s ability to actually guide you by touch is amazing! (During navigation, a steady series of 12 taps on your wrist means turn right at the intersection you’re approaching; three pairs of two taps means turn left.” Imagine what’s coming next!
And the wannabes fall even further behind.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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Samsung is planning to add Craptic Engine to S7. Will vibrate when it senses you need to go pottie.
Once again, the fruits of AAPL’s secretive JAM labs generate the next stage in PLUM technologies increasingly integrated into our lives.
The fruits of the JAM labs that Apple Inc. do not wish their rivals to know is MARMALADE!
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MAR = amount of orange peel to add bitterness to their marred business model of copying.
MAL = amount of pith not taken out hence the rivals suffer grand MAL seizures and
ADE = amount of bitterness rivals express as a result realizing that Apple Inc. has taken the piss out of them yet again!!!
Not sure if Apple will be able to fit this in iPhone/iPad without making them thicker. If anyone seen Apple Watch tear down photos, you could see that this thing is significant and there is no way to put it into anything without making it thicker — or without cutting battery size.
The IPhone 6/Plus has the new gen vibrator, which I thought was the same design as the Apple Watch’s taptic engine. Would the current iPhone benefit from haptic feedback? IE: a software update should do it.
I can “visualize” the haptic technolog becoming a mainstay of partially sighted and blind people so they can use these devices faster and more accurately.
How is taptic going to be useful on a phone?