Automotive Haptics Recommended Practices
Haptic technology is a valuable tool for providing timely, salient feedback for interactive vehicle systems. Understanding the potential and limitations of haptic technology will allow those designing automotive experiences to utilize haptics to benefit users to the maximum possible extent while accounting for project constraints.
The Automotive Working Group of the Haptic Industry Forum presents the first jointly developed document: Recommended Practices for Automotive Haptics.
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This document is intended to orient product and program managers working in the automotive industry at OEMs, Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 suppliers who are considering adding haptic feedback technologies to their new or existing projects. It provides an overview of use cases in which haptics provides meaningful added value to automotive interfaces. The typical integration process for haptics is described at a high level so that product and program managers can understand how haptics fits within a project plan. The technologies that are available for automotive haptics are described, as well as a list of vendors and providers. The hope is that this document will serve product and program managers as a starting point for outreach and further research. We have already received a lot of positive feedback from the automotive industry. This document collects several decades of combined experience in this specific area by the Haptics Industry Forum members.
The document includes:
- Overview of automotive haptics
- Use cases
- Applications
- Implementation guidelines and technologies
- Representative use cases and case studies
- Resources
The document have been authored by members of these organizations:
Nanoport, Immersion Corp., Interhaptics, TDK, Innovotive, Boreas, GREWUS Ultraleap, and Hap2U
Link to the document: https://hapticsif.org/specifications/
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