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Title: Taptic AF: Nintendo and Apple are forcing the future of tactile feedback Post by: HCK on January 18, 2017, 04:05:22 pm Taptic AF: Nintendo and Apple are forcing the future of tactile feedback
Apple's iPhone 7 made haptics exciting. Now Nintendo's Switch Joy-Con is making it fun. So, what happens next? Rene Ritchie has been covering Apple and the personal technology industry for almost a decade. Editorial director for Mobile Nations, analyst for iMore, video and podcast host, you can follow him on Snapchat, Instagram, or Twitter @reneritchie. */ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ From the moment I first held an iPhone 7 at the September Apple event, I knew the Taptic Engine was something special. Apple's second generation haptic feedback motor for iPhone — the one the headphone jack, in part, gave its life space for — is a substantial improvement over the previous one. Where before you could press firmly on your iPhone 6s display to trigger 3D Touch and get a reassuring "thump" in response, with iPhone 7 you get a broader, deeper, more sophisticated range of responses. Some of them are delightfully subtle: Spin through a date or time picker and you ... Source: Taptic AF: Nintendo and Apple are forcing the future of tactile feedback (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/ucEX82hYE3w/id-taptic-nintendo-apple-and-future-feedback) |