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24 alternatives to Haptic by Tanvas

A feedback system lets you feel texture on a touchscreen

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Haptic by Tanvas launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Haptics▲105

   Vibrations tool for developers

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2PT
   Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super precise tasks▲390

   We just released a very excited touch sensor that finally simplifies touch sensing for robotics. Our most exciting result: Learned visuotactile policies for precise tasks like inserting USBs and credit card swiping, that work out-of-the-box when you replace skins! To the best of our knowledge, this has never been shown before with any existing tactile sensor. Why is this important? For the first time, you could now collect data and train models on one sensor and expect them to generalize to new copies of the sensor -- opening the door to the kind of large foundation models that have…

   2024 · any-skin.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Designing for Touch▲88

   A guide for designing touch interfaces

   2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

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   Hello Touch X ▲64

   Vibration and electrostimulation at your fingertips

   2015 · jimmyjane.com · its alternatives →

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   HapticKey▲133

   Trigger haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   FIn▲74

   Make Your Palm As A Touch Interface

   2014 · wearfin.com · its alternatives →

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   Touchjet WAVE▲110

   Turn Your TV into a Touchscreen

   2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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   ZingTouch▲178

   A JavaScript gesture detection library

   2016 · zingchart.github.io · its alternatives →

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   appealing▲245

   Mobile UI animations found in the wild

   2016 · app-ealing.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Haptic Touch Bar▲168

    The missing haptic feedback for Touch Bar keys

    2017 · haptictouchbar.com · its alternatives →

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    Ractiv▲102

    Make any surface multitouch and more.

    2014 · ractiv.com · its alternatives →

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    The Arc by OmniWear Haptics▲63

    A wearable haptic device that gives gamers a sixth sense

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Spatial Touch™▲98

    Control your devices without touching the screen

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Nimble▲71

    Use your fingers to control devices w/ gestures (pre-launch)

    2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    Nimble Sense▲86

    Bring your hands into virtual reality.

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn How Touchscreens Work▲128

    An intuitive, illustrated, animated explanation

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    XTouch▲83

    Make every Surface Tap-Sensitive

    2014 · xtouch.io · its alternatives →

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    Google Haptic Helpers▲5

    Immerse Yourself in Five Senses

    2017 · arvr.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Hapticlabs ▲214

    Design custom haptics effects and make your apps buzz

    2024 · hapticlabs.io · its alternatives →

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    Damo▲84

    Android touchscreen for any projector (Indiegogo)

    2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    Touchcast▲74

    Experience the web inside a video

    2013 · touchcast.com · its alternatives →

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    Aria ▲101

    Gesture control for smartwatches and wearable devices.

    2015 · ariawearable.com · its alternatives →

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    FeelMyMac▲97

    Lets you feel different textures through your Mac’s trackpad

    29d ago · feelmymac.thehighjack.it · its alternatives →

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    Tactai▲6

    Touch-enabled interaction in VR/AR

    2017 · tactai.com · its alternatives →

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