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The use of touchscreens, touch panels, and touch surfaces is
growing rapidly because of their intuitive operation, software flexibility,
and space and cost savings. iSuppli forecasts that market size for small
touchscreens alone (under 9.9 inches) will grow 25% annually from 2007
to 2013, exceeding 780 million units by 2013.*
But while the change from keyboards and keypads to touchscreens offers
many benefits and solves many human-machine interface problems, research
shows that the loss of touch feedback creates higher input error rates
and user dissatisfaction. On the other hand, touch feedback in touchscreens
has been shown to, not only increase productivity and make products easier
to use, but to also make user experiences more satisfying. You can read
summaries of some of the independent research studies on touch feedback
in the Immersion white paper, The
Value of Haptics (pdf).
The TouchSense® system supplies easy and fast solutions for product
designers, integrators, and OEMs to include confirming touch feedback
in both large- and small-product touchscreens.
Find out
Or, contact us now using this online
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With 15 years experience in implementing touch feedback in many types
of devices and systems, Immersion also supplies design services and best-practice
advice to our customers.
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* iSuppli. 2008. Touch
Screens (prospectus).
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