Haptics

Peoples attention

Use haptics for silent notifications: Different vibration patterns can signify different types of notifications, such as calls, messages, or app alerts.

Example:
Haptics help to draw immediate attention and convey urgency. The vibration can be adjusted in intensity, frequency, and rhythm to convey the urgency or severity of the notification or alert.

System feedback

Use haptics feedback for user input, such as gesture detection. Ensure that haptics complement visual and auditory feedback, and pay attention to synchronization between the three to create a seamless and immersive experience.

Example:
Creating Tactile Buttons: When using touch screens or virtual interfaces, haptics can be integrated to replicate the feeling of pressing physical buttons

Accessibility

Haptics can compensate for a lack of visual or auditory feedback, making digital applications more accessible and engaging for users who are visually or hearing impaired, or when their attention is not focused on the screen.

Example:
Distinct vibrations can indicate different types of notifications or actions, helping users understand what’s happening without relying on sight or hearing. When having a phone in the pocket, we know if it's a call, a message or an alarm.

Enhance immersion

In virtual or augmented reality environments, haptics provide tactile feedback that enhances immersion and realism. We're so used to haptic feedback in our interactions that its absence can make the experience feel incomplete.

Example:
In immersive applications, haptic feedback becomes a tool for simulating the tactile experience of interacting with virtual objects like holding a cup or typing on a virtual keyboard, adding the sense of touch to the immersive environment.

• Design and audition: Easily design haptic clips and audition them in real-time to ensure they match the desired outcome.
• Export and integration: Seamlessly export haptic designs and integrate them into immersive applications using the Meta Haptics SDK.
• Cross-device compatibility: Ensures that all haptic feedback is compatible across various Meta Quest devices, simplifying the development process.

• Import audio effects into Meta Haptics Studio, audio-to-haptic analysis is performed automatically to generate haptics from the audio file.
• Design haptics using the visual editor by either changing the analysis parameters or manually editing the haptic clip(s).
• Audition clips in real time on a headset with the companion app on Meta Quest. Any design changes propagate in real time to the immersive app.
• Export the final clip(s) to a project folder.
• Integrate the .haptic files into an application using Haptics SDK.