Apple could introduce new haptic display feedback technology that will make the virtual keyboards on its devices\u2019 touchscreens feel more real.<\/p>\n
In a patent application<\/strong><\/a> spotted by Patently Apple<\/strong><\/a>, Apple describes a \u201cstatic pattern electrostatic haptic electrode\u201d that will use different voltages to \u201cproduce variable friction between a conductive object and the insulating material as the conductive object moves across the insulating material\u201d.<\/p>\n The technology will use haptic motors under the display that create electrostatic charges for each key.<\/p>\n The \u201ckeys\u201d would create varying levels of electrostatic charges, depending on the level of pressure placed on the virtual buttons.<\/p>\n These charges would be conducted by the user’s fingers, giving the keys a feeling of texture, shape and friction, as well as mimicking a mechanism with physical resistance, making the keyboard feel mechanical.<\/p>\n According to Patently Apple, the addition of different levels of \u201cfriction\u201d and simulated shape could allow users to find buttons on the keyboard in a similar way to how we move our fingers across computer keyboards without having to look at them.<\/p>\n However, it is important to note that a patent application does not necessarily indicate that Apple will make use of the technology.<\/p>\n Apple could introduce new haptic display feedback technology that makes the virtual keyboards on its devices\u2019 touchscreens feel more real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":319595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[605,1125,36244],"class_list":["post-322178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-iphone","tag-keyboard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read: Apple to loosen reins on third-party apps<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"