On August 11, the Biomimetic Haptic Open Day hosted by AAC and the inauguration ceremony of the OnePlus & AAC Biomimetic Haptic Laboratory were successfully held in Shenzhen.
At this event, AAC released AAC RESEARCH ON ACHIEVING REALISTIC HAPTIC EXPRESSION, and shared AAC’s full-stack haptic solution and the latest ideas and progress on haptics. Mr. Li Jie (Louis), President of OnePlus China, announced that the upcoming Ace 2 Pro shines with the AAC biomimetic haptic actuator.
OnePlus and AAC also reached a close cooperation and formally established the “OnePlus & AAC Biomimetic Haptic Laboratory” to jointly create more advanced actuators and break through the limits of haptic experiences.
△ Pan Kaitai, Executive Vice President of AAC (left) and Li Jie, President of OnePlus China (right)
Mr. Ding Xiang, General Manager of AAC’s Acoustic and Electromagnetic Marketing Department, stated: “AAC is probably the most knowledgeable haptic solution provider and perhaps the world’s only leader in full-stack haptics. We are so glad that a device manufacturer such as OnePlus coincides with our ideas, firmly promotes high-quality haptics with us, and popularizes top-level haptic feedback for more users.”
AAC RESEARCH ON ACHIEVING REALISTIC HAPTIC EXPRESSION released to define the biomimetic haptic expression standard
With the rapid development of digital signal processing and multimedia communication technology, going beyond the traditional audio-visual interaction to enjoy a more immersive and realistic human-machine interaction experience was expected. Therefore, haptic technology came into being. However, outstanding haptic technology does not only provide vibration, but also “restores true feelings.” That’s what we call biomimetic haptics.
In order to solve the problem of how to express biomimetic haptics, Wang Xiuyue, AAC’s expert in haptic feedback user experience, shared AAC RESEARCH ON ACHIEVING REALISTIC HAPTIC EXPRESSION at the event, expounded in depth the six perceptual properties and three physical properties of biomimetic haptics, and formally established the expression standard of biomimetic haptics. The release of AAC RESEARCH ON ACHIEVING REALISTIC HAPTIC EXPRESSION will further promote the popularization of haptic standards with high fidelity and high quality.
Full-stack haptic solution to deliver a better haptic experience
The hardware foundation to realize biomimetic haptics is AAC’s leading X-axis linear actuator. In the sharing session, Mr. Ding Xiang, General Manager of AAC’s Acoustic and Electromagnetic Marketing Department, introduced the CSA0916 biomimetic haptic actuator based on AAC’s latest actuator technology platform. This actuator features wide bandwidth, high strength and short start-stop time, which meets the requirements of biomimetic haptics for the physical properties of actuator hardware.
In addition, Ding Xiang also mentioned two key points: “Everything can utilize haptics” and “Everyone can enjoy haptics.” He emphasized: “AAC, as a leader in sensory experience solutions, has been exploring how to break through the upper limit of haptics and provide a better haptic experience for consumers around the world.”
△ Ding Xiang, General Manager of AAC’s Acoustic and Electromagnetic Marketing Department
As an industry leader in inventing and mass-producing X-axis linear actuators, AAC can integrate full-stack haptics and continues to explore higher-quality, more immersive and more biomimetic haptic technologies and experiences.
The RichTap® solution, the overall haptic solution for all AAC devices, integrates a hardware scheme, software scheme, algorithm scheme and haptic design scheme. It realizes cross-platform high-quality haptic application, covering hardware debugging, software integration, haptic design and consulting services. Additionally, RichTap® easily realizes the in-depth linkage among actuator hardware, driver chips and algorithm tuning, effectively utilizes resources, maximizes the performance and debugging of actuator hardware, and greatly improves the efficiency of developing and deploying end products.
Along with technological innovation, technology popularization is another goal that AAC has been persistently pursuing. AAC RichTap® full-stack haptic solution has also been in an industry-leading position. At present, AAC’s solution has been applied in the fields of mobile interaction, audio-visual entertainment, information accessibility and so on. Besides, AAC’s biomimetic haptic technology is of great social value in education and training, driving safety, realistic online shopping and more.
OnePlus & AAC Biomimetic Haptic Laboratory established to improve the haptic experience
At the beginning of 2023, the OnePlus 11 mobile phone powered by AAC’s industry-leading biomimetic haptic actuator made its world debut. It uses the RichTap® haptic algorithm to maximize the performance of the actuator, which was widely praised by the media and consumers. Mr. Li Jie, President of OnePlus China, commented at the time: “This biomimetic haptic actuator will face no competition for another year. It not only realizes diversified vibrations, but also achieves biomimetic effects in real-life scenarios. It is rightly the strongest Android actuator.”
At this event, Li Jie announced: “OnePlus Ace 2 Pro released on August 16 will also utilize the strongest biomimetic haptic actuator of Android phones, and deliver an upgraded haptic experience based on the OnePlus 11.”
OnePlus spares no effort to invest resources in promoting haptics, which shows OnePlus’s concept of “adhering to product quality first.” Utilizing this biomimetic haptic actuator and the RichTap® haptic technology on OnePlus Ace 2 Pro, more users around the world will enjoy high-fidelity and high-quality haptic effects, and experience an extensive ecosystem of haptic content.
Finally, OnePlus and AAC jointly announced the establishment of “OnePlus & AAC Biomimetic Haptic Laboratory.” In the future, both parties will focus on the research of new drivers and system solutions for biomimetic haptics, explore new application scenarios past the limits, and bring users a more immersive and more realistic biomimetic haptic experience in all scenarios. At the same time, OnePlus and AAC will also actively cooperate to develop haptic productivity tools for haptic eco-developers, improve their work efficiency, promote the prosperity and development of haptic technologies, and jointly perfect the mobile phone haptic experience.