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Next Generation Haptics - Market Analysis and Forecasts
ARCchart, Feb 2011, Pages: 50
An in-depth study of the growing popularity of haptics-enabled tactile feedback on mobile devices to augment UI interactions and enrich media consumption, and an examination of both current and advanced actuation technologies which will deliver crisp, realistic high definition haptic experiences.
The importance of the user interface as a differentiating feature amongst mobile devices has never been greater and haptics is a distinguishing feature which can bestow a strong competitive advantage. While the level of haptics support amongst mobile devices is currently low, ARCchart forecasts that the technology will be supported by 36% of handsets shipped by 2015.
Haptics involves the complex manipulation of an actuation element using defined waveforms to produce a range of effects, each of which may be perceived uniquely by the human finger. There are a variety of contexts in which haptics can be leveraged on a mobile handset: it can be used to provide tactile feedback on a touchscreen when interacting with various UI elements, such as a virtual keyboard or scrolling list, notifying the user that the input they intended has been registered by the device; or haptics can be used to provide a tactile dimension to gameplay.
In this study, ARCchart investigates the growing use of haptics on mobile phones, examining solutions in the market today, and the host of next generation technologies which will compete for market share over the coming years. The components which constitute a haptics system are described and the ecosystem of technology suppliers, mobile platforms and handset manufacturers are examined. Insight into the various factors driving haptics take-up is provided and estimates for the size of the mobile phone haptics market is presented, along with a five year forecast for growth of the industry.
Topics of coverage include:
- The components of a handset haptics system
- Haptics technology differentiators
- Comparison and ranking of actuation technologies
- Software implementation: dedicated IC vs. application processor
- OEM patents and R&D
- Next generation, HD haptic systems: review and outlook
- Factor fuelling haptics take-up
- Cost and integration challenges
- Review of the haptics ecosystem
- Vendor profiles
- Market size of five-year forecast
Answers and opinions are provided with respect to the following essential questions:
- What is HD haptics?
- How many haptics-enabled phones will ship in 2015?
- What is the value of the haptics market opportunity?
- Why has the haptics market been slow to evolve and gain traction?
- What portion of smartphones will be haptics-enabled?
- Which companies currently dominate the mobile haptics space?
- Which HD haptics technologies are likely to dominate in the short term?
- How do BOM costs compare for the various haptics solutions?
- How will the market for haptics controller ICs grow over the coming years?
- When will HD haptics start appearing in commercial products?
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