Haptics
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Haptics is any form of interaction involving touch.
From Ancient Greek ἁπτικός (haptikós, “able to come in contact with”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “I touch”).
It can mean:
- Haptic communication, the means by which people and other animals communicate via touching
- Haptic perception, the process of recognizing objects through touch
- Haptic poetry, a liminal art form combining characteristics of typography and sculpture
- Haptic technology, technology that interfaces with the user through the sense of touch
See also
- Somatosensory system, the biology of sensory receptors
- Somatic, meaning relating to the body
- Tactile signing, method of deafblind communication
- All pages with a title containing Haptic
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