Touch screens are ubiquitous today. But a common complaint is that the smooth surface just doesn’t feel as good to use as a physical keypad. While some touch-screen devices use mechanical vibrations ...

Scientists have come up with a way of adding texture to touch screen computers so users can feel what they see. Researchers have written an algorithm for 2D touchscreens that modifies the friction ...

“Our brain perceives the 3D bump on a surface mostly from information that it receives via skin stretching,” said Ivan Poupyrev, who directs Disney Research, Pittsburgh’s Interaction Group. “Therefore ...

A new haptic touch system that can dynamically change the physical feel of a control surface beneath the fingertip has been developed, potentially revolutionizing touchscreens and portable devices.

What if the touchscreen of your smartphone or tablet could touch you back? What if touch was as integrated into our ubiquitous technology as sight and sound? Northwestern University and Carnegie ...

A patent filed earlier this week by Microsoft would allow for actual bumps, lumps, and textures to be applied to touch screens. The patent calls for the texture-enabled touchscreen to be coated with a ...

Future MacBook track pads and iPhone touch screens could simulate textures of materials and temperature, according to a patent application from Apple published on Thursday. Reuters By introducing ...

3D Touch is all well and good, but future Apple devices may incorporate advanced haptic technology which lets software simulate textures ranging from the grain of wood surface to the cold feeling of ...

Run your fingers lightly over the image of a spiny, striated fossil on one of Disney’s new “textured” touchscreens and your nerve endings will lie to your brain. That’s no mere flat picture, say the ...