Posts tagged haptic

Sony to never stop getting sued for rumble technology

by Griffin McElroy (May 19th 2009 1:55PM)

It's been more than two years since Immersion and Sony settled their kerfluffle over the latter party's infringement on the former's "haptic feedback" (rumble) technology. However, Sony's not quite out of the woods yet -- it's currently the subject of yet another civil suit, filed this time by ...

Immersion offers to teach Sony's DualShake to dance

by Ross Miller (May 19th 2006 3:55PM)

Immersion Corporation is a thorn on Sony's side -- in September of 2004 they won a lawsuit against Sony, arguing that the videogame giant had used their "haptic" (read: rumble) technology without consent. Sony is appealing the verdict, which requires that they pay $90 million to Immersion and ...

PS3 pad loses DualShock name and vibration but picks up Wii-esque motion detection and wireless connectivity

by Dan Choi (May 9th 2006 12:58AM)

In a shocking turn of events, the PS3 controller has gone from banamerang to wireless DualShock 3, except without the DualShock name and vibration. If you take a good look at the back of the new control pad (see the close-up above), you'll notice that the DualShock 2 brand name imprinted on the old ...