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Rumor: iPhone to Get Haptic Tech

An Apple employee is said to have "leaked" information to Palluxo, regarding the company's meeting up twice with Immersion Corporation, to discuss implementing Immersion's technology into the iPhone. Immersion's latest goal is the implementation of haptic feedback into touchscreen devices.Basically, wh...

29 April 2008
08:51 GMT

Immersion's TouchSense Technology Makes Star Appearance in Korean PNDs

Touchscreen technology has evolved quite a lot over the past few years, quite a large number of companies actively involved in making it more reliable and increasing the provided level of sensitivity. And one such company is Immersion, which has just announced that its very innovative TouchSense technology has just b...

23 October 2007
03:26 GMT

Sony Sued Over Another Patent Infringement

It's time to start wondering if Sony has managed to bring some original ideas in the Playstation 3 because they are just being sued for infringing another patent, own by Parallel Processing (ironically) called "Synchronized Parallel Processing with Shared Memory".The patent number 5056000, according to freepaten...

31 July 2007
03:04 GMT

SIXAXIS Finally Gets Rumble and an Extra Feature as Well!

It finally looks like Sony's implementing that wretched rumble functionality in the SIXAXIS. But wait, PSM France has more on that. Apparently, the company not only wants to give gamers the "feeling" that the ground is shaking underneath their character's feet, but also wants to add more depth to this featu...

5 July 2007
04:31 GMT

Nokia Chooses VibeTonz Tactile Feedback from Immersion

Nokia has closed a licensing agreement with Immersion in order to benefit from the achievements of the VibeTonz technology coming from this company. This is one of the first initiatives that Nokia has taken in order to line up to the general tendencies of exploiting the sense of touch in its devices.Tactile feedback...

2 July 2007
09:17 GMT

A Solution to Feeling Buttons on the Touch Screen

Immersion is currently working on ways to improve the interaction between mobile phones and their users. Their research mainly regards making touch screen phones more reliable and easier to use.The problem with touch screen mobile phones is that users often make errors when pushing a button because of the lack of re...

3 May 2007
03:53 GMT

Chart Tracker Rat Leaks PS3 Sales Figures - Investigation on the Way

Aaa sales figures. You have to love sales figures...NOT! But hey, in order to make an idea on how a certain product's doing out there, we need them. Plus, they make good news. Anyway, that's Chart Tracker's job. The UK sales tracker keeps good sales records of console such as Microsoft's Xbox 360,...

13 April 2007
04:40 GMT

It's Official: 20.000 PS3s Sold in Australia

Well it's official boys and girls, the PlayStation3 console from Sony has sold 20.000 units in Australia up until this point, as Sony has recently announced. This doesn't say it's extraordinary, but it certainly doesn't say it's bad. 20.000 exceeds even the most optimistic of expectations con...

26 March 2007
11:16 GMT

Sony Is Changing the SIXAXIS

After kissing and making up with Immersion, Sony's Jack Tretton declared that their partnership is going to be a fruitful one and that the PS3's controller is going to see some change. In his recent interview with GamePro, Tretton reveals some more details about the changes occurring. SCEA's CEO doesn&...

7 March 2007
04:18 GMT

Sony Getting Touch Feedback Technology

Today, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Sony Computer Entertainment and Immersion have announced their partnership to start working on what could mean a force feedback or rumble for the PS3's controller, the SIXAXIS.Immersion CEO Victor Viegas stated: "We are pleased to have put this litigat...

2 March 2007
03:54 GMT


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