[IxDA Discuss] Tog on the iPhone keyboard

[Håkan Reis]

Without knowing anything regarding vibration and the research around this I
have thought along these lines. Wanting to teste it but without the proper
equipment. I would say that the tactical feedback is one ov the most
important functions for the success/fail of touch screens.

I could see, as more flexible LCD/OLED/etc types emerge, that a matrix of
vibrators could focus and give even more accurate sensation of pressing real
keys. It would make it possible to feel around the screen and find the right
key in the same way you don't have to look at your fingesr when you find the
menu button on you phone.

"See also the research on modeling the haptic illusion of different shapes
and types of surfaces using different vibration profiles." <-- There is the
key in my oppinion.

Looking forward to iPhone G4.../ Håkan reis

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Håkan Reis
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