The Haunted Haptics Issue: Rings, Rumbles & Good Vibrations

Dear Haptics Industry Insider,

Welcome to the latest edition of All Things Haptics, your source for haptics industry news. This month I’ve got XR, cars, rings, controllers, and a few spooky haptic Halloween treats. 🎃

Before we jump in, a fun highlight: “What if we just applied haptics to everything?” That’s from gaming writer Alex Rowe, and it’s exactly the kind of line we like to see. It shows that product designers are starting to understand that haptic nuance is critical if you want consumers to care. It also signals that the geeks are finally catching on to what we’ve been aiming for all along.

Time to dig in.

🖐️ Samsung’s XR, Haptics Not Included - The just-launched XR headset leans on hand-tracking by default, while optional controllers (with haptics) will run you $250 each. (9 to 5 Google)

🖱️ Trackpad Escaped - The Hyperspace Trackpad Pro, a standalone, haptic-infused trackpad, just crushed its Kickstarter goal. (TechRadar)

🎮 Razer Raiju V3 Pro - Razers new gaming controller sounds like a button-masher’s dream of clicky, “mouse-like face buttons and adaptive triggers.” (PC Games / The Verge)

🚗 Audi’s Concept C Gets Touchy - Audi’s new all-electric sports car concept features a hideable 10.4-inch display, and haptic controls on the steering wheel and center console. (emobilityplus / carsifu)

💍 Rollme Vibe Smart Ring - A haptic-enabled smart ring designed for discreet notifications and gesture control. (NotebookCheck / GizmoChina)

🕹️ Battlefield and Don’t Starve Get Haptic Treatment — Battlefield 6’s latest update adds tuned haptic feedback for explosions, projectiles, and vehicles, while Don’t Starve Together launches on PS5 with DualSense haptics. (PSU / Dextero)

⚰️ Buttons Crawl Back from the Grave - After years of “touchscreen overload,” automakers are reviving physical buttons and haptic surfaces for safety and comfort. (ADT Media/ Drivespark)

🧠 Frankenstein’s Fun Side - A soft, full-body haptic exosuit driven by a motor-pulley system. (Hackaday)

⚠️ Warning Tape but Make It Haptic -Tape-Tics is a vibrotactile system that uses smart tape with vibration motors to add haptics to stuff. (Hackster.io)

🎃 Marketing is Tricky - Apples iOS 26.1 Beta 4 adds a setting let’s you disable haptic feedback for call connections and disconnections. One article frames it as part of “enhanced personalization” and the other “reduces unnecessary vibrations during phone use.” (Zoombangla/ MacObserver)

🧟‍♀️ Shake Like the Undead - As a throwback to the 1950s, the latest get-fit-quick trend is vibration workouts. (Cnet)

👻 Ghost of the Past - This month marks the 59th anniversary of The Beach Boys’ hit Good Vibrations. (AmercianSongWriter)

📱 How to Use Haptics in Flutter - A community-made guide for Google’s open-source UI toolkit, showing when and how to trigger haptics effectively. (Medium)

🤸 Full-Body Tracking for Learning - A wearable network for full-body motion and haptic feedback paired with deep learning. (Nature)

🎮 Seven Trends That Defined Play 2025 - PlayStation highlights “haptics as a design language,” noting that triggers and vibration taught better than tooltips. Players learned by feel, not menus. (PSU)

🤝 For the Love of Haptic (Standards) - Not everyone knows there’s a Haptics Industry Forum actively working on standardization across the field. It’s a quiet but important step toward more consistency in how haptics are developed and deployed. (HIF)

That is it for this edition. Another special edition is on the way around haptics hype and what’s dominating the press. If you missed the last one, check it out here on AI-generated haptics content. Spoiler, it’s spooky. 💀

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