: characterized by a predilection for the sense of touch
a haptic person
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Haptic felt its way into English in the 19th century as a back-formation of haptics, a noun which was borrowed from the New Latin hapticē (meaning "science of touch," and derived ultimately from the Greek haptesthai, meaning "to touch") in the 1700s. Haptic was originally a medical synonym for tactile. By the 20th century, it had developed a psychological sense, describing individuals whose perception supposedly depended primarily on touch rather than sight. Although almost no one today divides humans into haptic and visual personalities, English retains the broadened psychological sense of haptic as well as the older "tactile" sense.
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Recent Examples on the WebFurthermore, the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller provides realistic haptic feedback when shooting weapons. George Yang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022 Wading through the nostalgic brain candy that is Astro’s Playroom with this beautiful haptic feedback gamepad is sublime. Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 The controller is simple to understand, with haptic feedback (vibrations caused by certain in-game actions) and adaptive triggers unique to the PS5 controller. Alec Scherma, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2022 These yoga pants, which took two years to develop, include neoprene stripes with haptic technology that offer real-time vibrational feedback that will help guide you through your yoga flow. Sam Dangremond And Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2022 The vest, currently being tested with video games, uses haptic technology to deliver vibrations that simulate more than 30 different sensations your online avatar may be experiencing. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2022 Ultraleap makes hand tracking haptic (touch) technology. Charlie Fink, Forbes, 25 June 2021 But the complicated steering-wheel haptic buttons and sliders that operate a variety of screens and functions require too much concentration and respond inconsistently. Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 27 July 2022 There are probably fewer overall changes between the One controller and the Series X/S version, compared to Sony’s PS4 Dualshock and the new PS5 Dualsense, which is jam packed with a million more haptic features. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 June 2022 See More