Haptics is the use of touch feedback or communication in devices or languages. Learn how to pronounce haptics and see examples of haptic feedback and haptic communication. Haptic communication is nonverbal communication and interaction via the sense of touch. Touch can come in many different forms, some can promote physical and psychological well-being. The meaning of HAPTICS is the use of electronically or mechanically generated movement that a user experiences through the sense of touch as part of an interface (as on a gaming console or smartphone). Haptic gloves used with a virtual reality headset 1992 tactile interface glove design from NASA Haptic technology (also kinaesthetic communication or 3D touch) [1][2] is technology that can create an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user. [3] These technologies can be used to feel virtual objects and events in a computer simulation, to control virtual objects, and to enhance remote control of machines and devices (telerobotics). Haptic devices may ...
