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iPad 3 to have tactile display? (VIDEO)

I'm so glad i'm in the UK and only have to wait untill the afternoon for the Keynote.

You guys in the states who have to try and sleep is gonna be murder! haha
 
I told Siri that I wanted to buy an iPad 3, and she scheduled a meeting for 3pm today.
 

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5 days later and it made first page, after going through other media outlets. Makes you wonder if MR writers actually lurks the forums
 
Some interesting facts about Senseg's technology:

- You can even feel the effect from a small distance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yv-R1IzNYPc#t=187s

- When used frequently, it reduces battery life around 5%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_11yYgt-h84#t=288s

Actually the whole GizmoFusion video is worth watching, it sums up a good bunch of information + you can see the Senseg guy struggling not to mention Apple, haha. :p ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_11yYgt-h84&t=6m31s )

So what else have you found out about Senseg? What are your ideas about how this technology could be used?
 
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I wonder what would happen if someone created an app that simulates razor blades using iPad tactile display.

Could you kill somebody????
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disney

Hi,
Did anyone notice the apple on the tablet in the disney link?

Strange coincedence ;-}
 
I hope this happens

I hope this happens. I have come up with a really great game idea using this. I've been trying to imagine something fun to create ever since I got my dev account and this would be it.
 
I hope this happens too, this would ignite a firestorm of new apps. And existing apps will be making the transition. Then it will become the standard.

I don't know how you would advertise that though.
 
motoleo said:
I hope this happens too, this would ignite a firestorm of new apps. And existing apps will be making the transition. Then it will become the standard.

I don't know how you would advertise that though.
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This will change everything. Again, again. ;)

Well at least it would be true this time. Actually I think they will visualize it by making things appear as if they would stick out of the screen.
 
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Zweimeter said:
OK, first of all, did you know that tactile display technology is already existing and working in tablet form, on batteries? You really have to watch this video:

http://cnettv.cnet.com/senseg-demos-prototype-touch-feedback-technology/9742-1_53-50115714.html
(if the link above doesn't work for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-9-57qG9Y )

So, as you can see, this technology is real, and not even in some beta stage anymore but really working in a tablet and, as the Senseg guy said, to be released in consumer products within the next 12 months. That was in November 2011.

My guess is that the line "...And touch" and the finger on the photo in the iPad-event-invitation are referring to this very technology. And if you think about it, this really makes sense:
Why would Apple show the retina display (and lack of home button (if the iPad isn't held upside down)) in the invitation, if there isn't something more important to be revealed.

Well, if you ask me, we get to feel what we are touching on the iPad.
For example in Garageband, you could really feel the instruments, feel the friction of knobs and sliders.
In a painting software you would feel the paint, when writing stuff you would feel the keys of the keyboard. In games you would get a sense where the buttons and sticks (circlepads) are without having to look. In iBooks you would really get the sensation of turning paper pages. In combination with AppleTV you'd have the perfect gaming controller (and mic for Siri) because you could feel the buttons displayed on the iPad and so on. You get the point.
This kind of technology makes the experience so much more immersive and graspable. It's the missing link between touch displays and the user.
Maybe it doesn't come with the iPad 3, but it will for sure be implemented in every touch device of the future.

Also interesting to note is that a technology similar to Senseg's is developed by Disney (yes the Disney where Steve Jobs was a member of the board of directors!)

http://www.disneyresearch.com/research/projects/hci_teslatouch_drp.htm

So tell me, why wouldn't Apple implement it? Battery drainage? Well, remember, the electro static field is only generated around the spot where the fingers touch, and only when they touch. So this shouldn't be a problem.
Cost maybe? I think Apple has the production quantities for reducing that to a minimum.
And the Senseg guy himself said, we would see the technology implemented in consumer products within the next 12 months.
And why oh why the mysterious "And touch" comment. Why do we really have to touch it? And why the finger in the photo?


EDIT: TaKashMoney pointed out that Apple itself holds a patent on such technology since April 2009 (!):
http://www.appleinsider.com/article..._haptic_feedback_for_multi_touch_devices.html
This means they are investigating on this at least for the last 3 years, probably a little longer.
So now we know that Apple is obviously interested in haptic feedback. And since the patent is 3 years old, it should be mature enough by now.

EDIT 2: Some interesting facts about Senseg's technology:

- You can even feel the effect from a small distance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yv-R1IzNYPc#t=187s

- When used frequently, it reduces battery life around 5%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_11yYgt-h84#t=288s

Actually the whole GizmoFusion video is worth watching, it sums up a good bunch of information plus you can see the Senseg guy struggling not to mention Apple, haha. :p ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_11yYgt-h84&t=6m31s )
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Ohhhh Myyyy God Zweimeter, I hope we dont have to hate you tomorrow. LOL.
 
Tactile display for Garage Band?!?!

(+o+) ...

Oh. Now I know they're going to have tactile display.

～゜・_・゜～　
 
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