Thanks to a handful of emerging technologies, virtual touch-screen keyboards are getting closer to the feel of real electromechanical keyboards. Enhancements such as tactile feedback and surfaces that ...

Xiao-ming Tao is at the Research Centre for Smart Wearable Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The authors’ technology consists of a ...

Touch screens become impractical when that screen is next to your eye in something like 'Apple Glass,' so Apple is investigating how you could manipulate virtual controls in the real world. A recently ...

USC scientists have developed a wearable system that enables more natural and emotionally engaging interactions in shared digital spaces, opening new possibilities for remote work, education, health ...

Currently large touchscreens are hugely expensive but there is a way to create a touchscreen experience for your large screen TV currently in your home, tablet, smartphone or other non-touchscreen ...

Given the usefulness of AssistiveTouch on iOS, it's a wonder that Google's not implemented a similar solution in Android. As Google suggests, Android lets you control your device in a variety of ways ...

Razer’s Kishi V2 was a marked improvement on the original Kishi mobile controller, and now, thanks to a firmware update to the controller itself, and an update to Razer’s Nexus app, it’s getting even ...

Visualize touching your sweetheart’s face on the screen of your laptop and seeing a reaction to your touch in real time, even though you are miles apart. Suddenly, you feel a touch on your face. Or if ...

It took me a few minutes to figure it out. My great nephew, Elliot, who’s only 2, kept touching our television screen while watching an animated movie. I thought it was cute that he reached out to his ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Virtual reality software has long held the promise of enabling designers to sculpt the sleek curves and contours of a new product from “virtual clay,” but until recently designers had ...

Next-generation touch-screen devices will embed more haptics, or touch-based feedback, into virtual keyboards. Haptic technology uses targeted vibrations to deliver tactile feedback that can vary in ...