Move the pointer of your device over the logo. You will experience a computer-generated haptic texture that lies within the oval shape. Basically, a computer equipped with the appropriate haptic interface downloads the computer haptics software needed to render the haptic texture, and executes it locally. An user feels the texture when handling the interface (watch an animated  demo of this here).

About our logo

Our logo presents an artist's depiction of essential aspects of haptics. 

Haptic information about our environment is sensed through the movement of our limbs (depicted in the logo by the symbolic movement in depth of a hand) and the stimulation of the skin (represented here by a stylized fingertip). 

Haptic information is captured through multiple sensory channels, for example, through multiple points on the skin. We represent this by the morphing of several points on the hand into the stylized fingertip. 

Finally, multiple properties of the environment are sensed through haptics. These include the shape and texture of objects. The different elements of the logo can be interpreted as representing the active exploration of the shape and texture of an object through the movement of the hand: the oval (stylized fingertip) would represent the object being explored. 

We thank Immersion Corp. for providing the mice and software that were used to design the haptic rendering.