Don't be silly! Who needs an integrated gamepad when they could just revert to click-wheel??
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iPad 3 to Include Haptic Display Technology to Provide On-Screen Textures?
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Lets disect the iPad HD invite with what we know now:
Also, i think that the iPad HD stands for both "High Definition" and "Haptic Display". Mix this with the use of the new Guerrilla Glass, and you have a revolutionary product that NO ONE EVEN SAW COMING!
Lets disect the iPad HD invite with what we know now:
- The ipad invite shows a finger that isnt actually touching the glass.........
Senseg's technology can actually be felt without actually TOUCHING THE DEVICE (one will be about to feel the impulses by being in close proximity to the glass) - There is no home button........
The use of a haptic display CAN cover under the black bezel, and therefore just because a home button isn't visible, doesnt mean that you cant actually FEEL and push it! What if they are implementing the elongated home button we were predicting that would be on the Iphone 5, but we just cant see it yet, because it will only be able to be felt using the haptic display?Also, i think that the iPad HD stands for both "High Definition" and "Haptic Display". Mix this with the use of the new Guerrilla Glass, and you have a revolutionary product that NO ONE EVEN SAW COMING!
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Does this mean we will see either immediate availability of products or immediate reservations!?!?
- Joe
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Does this mean we will see either immediate availability of products or immediate reservations!?!?
- Joe
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This was the first thing that cme to mind when I read the slogan but I didn't think there was anything market-ready yet. If this is true, Apple would be really ahead.
This was the first thing that cme to mind when I read the slogan but I didn't think there was anything market-ready yet. If this is true, Apple would be really ahead.
Not necessarily, haptic feedback could be done in software in combination with a vibration device.
If you watch the Cnet video which was posted in Nov, the guy says you will see the Senseg technology hit within 12 months. iPad 3 is too soon. This tech is more likely going to end up in the new iPhone. He then added if not in 12 months then it will bump to 24. Apple releases product damn with damn near clock work timing in 12 month cycles for it iDevices. To me he just admitted it was Apple.
I am forced to conclude iPhone 2012 first, then iPad 4. The next iPhone needs the next "gimmick" first. The iPad 3 gets the hot new display this year, touch next year.
I am forced to conclude iPhone 2012 first, then iPad 4. The next iPhone needs the next "gimmick" first. The iPad 3 gets the hot new display this year, touch next year.
As I said in the other thread, about as likely to catch on as smell-o-vision porn.
Think about it, someone would have to program the feel of human flesh and various "bits". If it's pre-rendered(recorded) material it would have to be manually overlayed on the video. Although... if that information stared getting added to texture packs and bump maps it could help dig the Uncanny Valley that much deeper.
The down side is this may be the final stroke to convince Aliens that humans really would be tasty. Imagine the haptic data from a medical manual. All that muscle and fatty tissue.
No. It will probably stay a set top box. But it will be more like a gaming console combined with the iPad 3. You will be able to stream games to your TV and use the iPad as a fully capable controller with tangible buttons. Somewhat like Wii U but with configurable buttonlayout and new forms of ingame feedback. Plus beeing able to take the game with you wherever you go.
This will even be a gamechanger for Xbox and co. and will help Apple even more breaking into the TV market.
Physically, what would need to be done to the device?
Is it mostly a component that would be inside the case, unnoticeable from the outside besides the sensation of feeling something?
Maybe this is why we've seen the entire outside of the iPad 3, but haven't seen most of the insides... maybe Apple deliberately downplayed expectations by leaking the case parts, but is keeping the fact its haptic under wraps. Thus, people go in expecting little, but come away shocked and awed.
Is it mostly a component that would be inside the case, unnoticeable from the outside besides the sensation of feeling something?
Maybe this is why we've seen the entire outside of the iPad 3, but haven't seen most of the insides... maybe Apple deliberately downplayed expectations by leaking the case parts, but is keeping the fact its haptic under wraps. Thus, people go in expecting little, but come away shocked and awed.
A quad core processor, retina display and haptic feedback seem like a little too much for a product upgrade
Thats what people said about the jump from iPhone 3GS to iPhone4... At the time, the 4 was a pretty big jump featurewise.
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"[in 2010] Senseg said, "We are discussing business with companies other than Toshiba. E-book readers and tablet PCs using the new technology will be shipped in the first half of 2011. And we expect that smartphones will come with the technology in the second half of 2011" - google the quote for a surprise.
what company follows that release schedule? tablet in first half, phone in second? Why else would Senseg 'wait' for phones after introing tablets....
I think it just might happen; hope their CC servers are ready...
but....
"[in 2010] Senseg said, "We are discussing business with companies other than Toshiba. E-book readers and tablet PCs using the new technology will be shipped in the first half of 2011. And we expect that smartphones will come with the technology in the second half of 2011" - google the quote for a surprise.
what company follows that release schedule? tablet in first half, phone in second? Why else would Senseg 'wait' for phones after introing tablets....
I think it just might happen; hope their CC servers are ready...
I think it could happen to some degree at some point as an accessibility item. It would be useful for the visually impaired to be able to 'feel' that they have touched a live area versus a dead one.
However, do I think it is happening today. No. Probably not. And that is why this company is saying what they are saying. They know the game. THey know that Apple is big on the secrets and always demands that they be the ones to announce partnerships. Violating that secrecy by leaking that you are in talks is a way to get yourself fired as a partner or, if there are no other options, your $$$$ deal cut down as a penalty etc. And this guy is too smart to pull that move.
I look at this rumor in that it may be true...think about:
1)Cook said has something mind-blowing to introduce this year. It's either this or Apple has thrown out the "magical" terminology and applied "mind-blowing" as it's Phrase Of The Year (which I still have never thought the iPad to be magical...biggest PR over-statement in a long time). Even if Apple came out with some iTV thing this year, I don't think it will be mind-blowing. Mind-blowing is a big term...you can't just toss that phrase out. Mind-blowing is mind-blowing...not "oh, yea, that's neat"...it would be "holy bleeping bleep! That thing is so bleeping awesome! I NEED to get that right now!" An iPad with textured virtual screens, IMO, would be mindblowing...and it wouldn't surprise me if Apple was able to keep it super super secret so they could release it early (instead of say iPad 5)...Apple has enough money in the bank and market cap to jump the gun a little bit and release something soon(er) so as to fend off competition.
2)Although other tablet makers are not head to head yet with iPad, now is the time for Apple to REGAIN a couple steps ahead. Apple releases the 3.0 this week but the competitors have another 11 months to try to keep up/match it. If all we get is a higher rez and faster chip (CPU is not a big deal to a lot of users) then that's a pretty boring upgrade in this fastly evolving tablet market. Now is not the time to release boring updates. I really think if Apple releases 3.0 with a bump in screen rez and CPU they will allow competitors to nudge in. Apple really isn't about tech specs too much...they go after the bells and whistles of features.
1)Cook said has something mind-blowing to introduce this year. It's either this or Apple has thrown out the "magical" terminology and applied "mind-blowing" as it's Phrase Of The Year (which I still have never thought the iPad to be magical...biggest PR over-statement in a long time). Even if Apple came out with some iTV thing this year, I don't think it will be mind-blowing. Mind-blowing is a big term...you can't just toss that phrase out. Mind-blowing is mind-blowing...not "oh, yea, that's neat"...it would be "holy bleeping bleep! That thing is so bleeping awesome! I NEED to get that right now!" An iPad with textured virtual screens, IMO, would be mindblowing...and it wouldn't surprise me if Apple was able to keep it super super secret so they could release it early (instead of say iPad 5)...Apple has enough money in the bank and market cap to jump the gun a little bit and release something soon(er) so as to fend off competition.
2)Although other tablet makers are not head to head yet with iPad, now is the time for Apple to REGAIN a couple steps ahead. Apple releases the 3.0 this week but the competitors have another 11 months to try to keep up/match it. If all we get is a higher rez and faster chip (CPU is not a big deal to a lot of users) then that's a pretty boring upgrade in this fastly evolving tablet market. Now is not the time to release boring updates. I really think if Apple releases 3.0 with a bump in screen rez and CPU they will allow competitors to nudge in. Apple really isn't about tech specs too much...they go after the bells and whistles of features.
No haptic feedback
I would LOVE for this to be announced today BUT there is a good reason why it won't be:
Remember when Apple implemented facial recognition software into iPhoto? There was a European company that developed the software Apple needed to make that work... so what did Apple do with it's Trillion $ bankroll? They simple bought the company!
If Apple was going to use the www.senseg.com technology, Apple would buy the company! Why would they want Senseg selling the technology to Andriod or Motorolla companies? Apple would have bought Senseg! ...and they haven't!
So, no haptics!
I would LOVE for this to be announced today BUT there is a good reason why it won't be:
Remember when Apple implemented facial recognition software into iPhoto? There was a European company that developed the software Apple needed to make that work... so what did Apple do with it's Trillion $ bankroll? They simple bought the company!
If Apple was going to use the www.senseg.com technology, Apple would buy the company! Why would they want Senseg selling the technology to Andriod or Motorolla companies? Apple would have bought Senseg! ...and they haven't!
So, no haptics!
http://senseg.com/technology/senseg-technology
The Tixel is the means by which Sensegs technology transmits electro-vibration stimulus. It is an ultra-thin durable coating on the touch interface that outputs tactile effects. Sensegs patented Tixel can be applied to almost any surface, flat or curved, hard or soft, transparent or opaque. Because there are no moving parts in Sensegs solution it can scale to almost any size of device. Moreover, with no mechanical inertia Senseg tactile response is immediate.
What? You have way too much time on your hands to come up with this. You make up conspiracy theories for a living right? Did we land on the moon in '69?