Sensing platform puts haptic-rich tap, swipe, click at fingertips
Stephen Law
Electronics haptic platform SensingBORéAS TECHNOLOGIES NexusTouch sensing and localized haptic platform allows designers to expand touch-based user interfaces on the sides of smartphones and gaming phones. Platform enables seamless context-sensitive swipes, taps and clicks—all while delivering rich haptic feedback. Blending advanced gesture sensing with localized haptics, platform supports a range of new use cases, from finger-clicks that makes a smartphone feel like a DSLR camera to customizable trigger effects that replace mechanical toggles on a premium gaming phone. Platform features virtual button-mapping that allows OEMs to replace traditional mechanical power and volume buttons with area-specific system functionality and tactile effects.