Feel Your Software? Immersion and Logitech Collaborate On Computer Mice that Allow Users to Touch and Feel Their Software.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1999-- Immersion Corporation Immersion Corporation of San Jose, California, is a developer of haptic technology. The company was founded in 1993.[1] Immersion's technology is employed in automotive, entertainment, medical training, mobility, personal computing, and three-dimensional and Logitech have been working together to develop force feedback mice that allow users to "feel" their onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. actions. Based on Immersion's FEELit(TM) technology and Logitech's world-class pointing device An input device used to move the pointer (cursor) on screen. The major pointing device is the mouse for the desktop computer and the touchpad for the laptop, although many road warriors bring along a mouse. expertise and industrial design, these innovative products will allow users to physically interact with anything the cursor (1) The symbol used to point to some element on screen. On Windows, Mac and other graphics-based screens, it is also called a "pointer," and it changes shape as it is moved with the mouse into different areas of the application. touches, adding the sense of feel to all aspects of user interaction. The first product, the Wingman wing·man n. A pilot whose plane is positioned behind and outside the leader in a formation of flying aircraft. Noun 1. wingman (R) Force Feedback Mouse from Logitech, is expected to be available this Christmas for an SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. of $99. From surfing the web, to graphic design, to gaming, to business -- the implications of adding feel to software applications are vast. Imagine drawing a 2D image and feeling the cursor interact with points, lines, and curves. Imagine exploring a 3D image and feeling contours Contours may mean:
(2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. and feeling its weight as it slides across the screen, big files A Christian Rock band formed by Rob Bell in 1995 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During speaking tours and tours at Christian schools and universities, Big Fil would claim that the style of their music was "Northern Gospel" however later on Rob Bell described his involvement with Big feeling heavier than small files. Imagine sliding over a web page and feeling the shapes of products or the textures of fabrics. Imagine playing an adventure game and feeling clues hidden in the darkness. Imagine designing a new car and being able to feel the contours of the form. Imagine using educational software to learn about gravity, friction, inertia, and magnetism and feeling each sensation with stunning realism. The power of feel is diverse, from making e-commerce a "hands-on" experience that rivals real shopping, to making educational software more physically intuitive, to making design more realistic and enjoyable. "We are bringing high-fidelity feel simulation to mass markets," says Louis Rosenberg, Immersion's president. "We expect it to fundamentally change the way people think about computing, making the digital world of software tangible and accessible. A good user interface will no longer just look good, it will feel good -- intuitive and satisfying, just like the real world." Immersion Corporation (www.force-feedback.com) has been a world leader in the development of feel technologies since 1993. Immersion enabled the world's first consumer products for adding feel to mainstream computing when it unveiled I-FORCE, a technology for adding feel to joysticks, steering wheels and other gaming products. Immersion currently licenses technology to most major manufacturers of PC peripheral products including Logitech, Microsoft, and KYE/Mouse Systems. Immersion also develops feel technologies for industrial markets, medical simulation, and automotive applications. Logitech (Nasdaq:LOGIY)(Switzerland:LOGZ) is a market leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of human interface devices that connect people and computers in an intuitive and natural way. Retail and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and product offerings include mice and trackballs, control devices for entertainment and professional use, keyboards and digital video cameras. The company is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and maintains regional headquarters in Romanel, Switzerland, and Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Software developers who want to add feel sensations to their upcoming applications can download the free development tools and request free developer hardware from www.force-feedback.com. Web developers who want to add feel sensations to their web pages, can download free development tools from www.FEELtheWEB.com. |
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