Dec 10, 2025

Seamless Haptics for Sound Designers: Meta Haptics Studio Meets FMOD and Wwise

As the creators of everything from sweeping, cinematic soundscapes to subtle in-game effects, sound designers drive some of the most emotional moments in apps and games. They control tension, set the pace, and dictate how an experience is supposed to feel.

And starting today, sound designers can also integrate advanced haptics designed with Meta Haptics Studio directly into FMOD and Wwise* to shape how those moments get activated in the hands of players, without ever leaving the tools they use everyday.

For sound designers, this integration unifies sound and haptic feedback, giving you full control and ownership of the end-to-end haptic design process. No more switching platforms or passing files around. Now, haptics simply become part of your familiar workflow, right alongside audio.

Dive in to learn how Haptics Studio, FMOD Studio and Wwise can help you achieve new creative possibilities and accelerate your workflow.

Streamlining Haptic Design

Haptics and sound are closely intertwined and influence immersion in similar ways. When they work together, the impact becomes stronger and more believable, whether you’re guiding players through a UI menu or heightening action-filled moments.

With this integration, tactile feedback is put into the same creative space as audio design so you can fine tune both during the same workflow, rather than treat haptics as a late addition. We’re also excited to finally provide a solution to one most sought after integrations by developers building for our platform.

"During the development of Batman: Arkham Shadow, we spent a lot of time building tools to more closely connect our haptic systems with Wwise. Meta providing tighter integration with audio middleware such as FMOD and Wwise will ensure that developers across the world can build more expressive and dynamic haptic systems in less time and to greater effect.", Ryan David Kull, Sound Designer, Camouflaj

With haptics built into audio middleware, iteration becomes faster, implementation becomes clearer, and creative intent carries all the way through, from early concept into players’ hands.

Unlock New Possibilities

Generate haptics fast

Leverage Haptics Studio to automatically generate hundreds of high-quality haptic assets in seconds. The system intelligently matches tactile feedback to your audio assets, letting you focus on creative expression rather than technical hurdles. Fine tune hero moments using best-in-class tooling provided by Haptics Studio.

Work entirely within FMOD or Wwise

Implement and test haptics directly within your preferred audio middleware without the need for custom engineering or switching to game engines like Unity or Unreal. This empowers sound designers to own the entire haptics pipeline while reducing bottlenecks and accelerating iteration.

Maintain creative control

Reuse the same modulation parameters and events to tightly couple your audio and haptic implementation, opening new creative avenues for a truly multimodal experience and deepened immersion.

Build once for multiple platforms

Thanks to native integration with FMOD and Wwise, haptic effects stay consistent across supported platforms including Meta Quest.

"During production of Asgard's Wrath 2, we developed custom systems to link the playback of haptics studio assets and audio. This became an invaluable tool for us, allowing Sound Designers freedom to quickly iterate on haptics designs with audio. Ultimately bringing a deeper, more immersive experience to players. We're looking forward to direct middleware integration to speed up our workflows and reduce custom support by our engineers.", Jared Bartlett, Sound Designer, Sanzaru

Designed Around Open Tools and Standards

As leaders in the haptics space, we’re continuing to support open standards that benefit the larger industry. The .haptic format and haptic rendering modules from Meta Haptics SDK (Unity | Unreal | Native) are open source so developers can use them across platforms supported by Wwise and FMOD. This helps unify workflows and contributes to ongoing standardization efforts through OpenXR.

How it Works: Workflow Overview

The workflow for leveraging haptics in your favorite audio middleware is simple:

Design effects in Meta Haptics Studio

Export as .haptic files

Import into FMOD or Wwise

FMOD support is available today through the Haptics Instrument in FMOD 2.03.11, while Wwise will natively support .haptic in early 2026. Check out the FMOD documentation for more information.

Get Started

Haptics and audio are stronger together, and now they finally share the same workflow. By bringing haptic design directly into FMOD and Wwise, you can shape experiences with enhanced clarity, creativity, and iteration. Dive in to start building experiences that players can hear and feel:

Download Meta Haptics Studio for Windows or Mac and try the in-app tutorials

Download FMOD Studio 2.03.11, experiment with the included example project, and read the documentation (Unity | Unreal)

Looking for more developer tips and news? Check out our release notes, subscribe to our monthly newsletter, and follow us on X and Facebook for all of the latest insights. If you have feedback on the tools we covered today, let us know via the Feedback Tool in MQDH.

*Wwise integration and demo project shipping Q1 2026

Get the latest updates from Meta Horizon.

Get access to highlights and announcements delivered to your inbox.

All

Design

Quest

Unity

Unreal

Did you find this page helpful?

Explore more

Jan 15, 2026VAIL VR (Part Two): A Look Inside AEXLAB’S Community-Driven Live Ops Engine

Learn how AEXLAB turned rebuilt onboarding after a monetization pivot, then sustained VAIL VR through rapid, measured updates and a tight community feedback loop.

Apps, Design, Games, Optimization, Quest

Read article

Jan 8, 2026Meta Spatial Simulator: A Better Way to Build with Android for Meta Horizon OS

Test and optimize Android apps for Meta Horizon OS without a headset. Learn how Meta Spatial Simulator streamlines VR development inside Android Studio.

Design, Optimization, Quest

Read article