Touch is often viewed as a single comprehensive sense, much like sight, or smell. However, look closer, and you quickly learn the truth – touch is a complex sense, made up of not one, but multiple different perceptual pathways, each transmitting distinct information to the brain. Think of the tactile information you receive first thing in the morning when you have a cup of coffee. You feel the smooth hardness of the ceramic, the warm and gentle roundness of the mug, and the heat, and weight of the coffee in your hand. It’s a basket full of different sensations, and our brain’s constantly doing its I love Lucy best to keep up.

Haptics Club Episode 1 with Alex Meland, community manager of bHaptics. We talk about haptics in VR gaming, haptics trends, and the future of haptics. Read the transcript, or listen within.

Welcome to the Haptics Blog! My name is Antoine Weill-Duflos and I am proud to be a co-editor-in-chief of this blog. Along with my team, I am excited to share with you the latest developments and insights in the field of haptics. Our goal is to provide you with in-depth and informative content that will help you stay up-to-date on the latest trends and advancements in haptics research, technology, and applications. We hope you will enjoy reading and learning from our blog and we look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of our new haptics chat format — the haptics blog. We’re excited to have you here. Our goal will be to bring you various perspectives on haptics in a short format, with a series of both regular and contributing authors. I’m Dan Shor, one of the two co-editors-in-chief.