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Adding MOTIV UHL haptic effects to your Android application

September 2011

Bob Heubel & Richard Mar presenting

2©2011 Immersion Corporation–Confidential

Agenda – We will answer these questions:

Who is Immersion? What is haptics? How can Haptics be applied to Android apps? What is Immersion’s MOTIV Platform for

Android? How do you code the MOTIV Universal Haptic

Layer (UHL) into your apps? Where do you find additional MOTIV

resources? What is the meaning of life? (time permitting)


Before we start, you should...

As an experienced Android developer, you should have these tools installed on your machine:

Java SE Eclipse Android SDK Android Developer Tools

Additionally, you will need…

Download latest Immersion UHL to your PC http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVsdk

Install “UHL Effect Preview” application from the Android Market


http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVsdk


Who is Immersion?

Company Highlights

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Immersion: The Haptics Company

Worldwide Support – Offices in EU, Korea, Taiwan,

Japan, US & Canada

World Class Customer Base

Samsung, Nokia, LG, Sony, Microsoft,

Logitech, Lexus, BMW, CAE…

Established in Large andRapidly Growing Markets

– Our tech is in 750+ million devices– Mobile phones, game controllers, auto,

industrial, casino, other portable devices

Strong Intellectual Property

Portfolio of 1,200+ granted and pending patents in the field of Haptics related to both hardware and software

Technology LeaderDeveloping haptics

solutions since 1993

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What is haptics?


The Science of Haptics

Haptic interfaces simulate real-world forces

Feeling a real

bump on a surface

Feeling a Haptic

simulation of a bump

on a surface

Vs.

Haptics is the science concerned with how people explore their environment through their sense of touch (tactile feedback)


The Science of Haptics Role of touch is often underestimated. We rely

extensively on touch to perform many tasks, like:– Controlling the movement of objects including our own bodies– Perceiving the world around us through the objects we interact

with

Haptic interactions rely on mechanical signals like:– Applied forces– Applied torques– Movement of objects– Geometry and mass of objects– Stiffness and texture of materials

Haptic interfaces use actuators (motors) to create haptic sensations that simulate real-world interactions

Common Haptic Device Examples


Force-feedback and rumble feedback gaming

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The Benefits of Haptics Provides an enhanced user-experience that is more

engaging, intuitive and personal On touchscreen devices, Haptics assists in hand-eye

coordination--confirming task or data input completion or acceptance by the UI elements

More fun for gaming and entertainment apps Opens up a new communication channel that can be

used with or without audio or visual cues...– Example, using vibe patterns to identify callers without

use of sound.– Example, using vibe patterns to as navi-cues to

navigate while walking through the city, without the need for looking at your handset GPS map.

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Virtual keypads & keyboards that feel like mechanical

buttons

“Enzo’s Pinball” by Haptify let’s you feel the pinball collisions, bumpers & flippers

“Solo” by Coding Caveman lets you feel each string of the guitar as you

strum

More Examples of Applied Haptics

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Immersion’s Haptic Technologiesfor the Android Platform

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Immersion’s Haptic Technologies

Developer tools and resources (MOTIV SDK) Universal Haptic Layer (UHL) that contains a

library of 124 pre-made effects for developers Software emulator included with MOTIV SDK that

allows consistent playback in haptic experience across all Android devices

Embedded software player technology (TouchSense) for OEMs to use that allows the highest quality Haptic playback possible

What does the MOTIV SDK do for you? Saves you time developing effects that feel

good across all Android devices and platforms, not just a single device or platform version (1.6 or higher)

Allows you to have more than simple motor on/off vibration control, like ramps, staccato repeats and complicated patterns

Consistent vibe effects across ALL Android devices. Devices with TouchSense embedded player

technology will feel the best (1/4 billion devices to date) but the MOTIV emulator creates compatibility support on all other Android devices. Code once!

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Example – Benefits of MOTIV SDK Using standard Google vibrate () you must

define motor “on” durations for each device type– Not useful, not effective for gaming– Very time consuming to code– Your effect may feel fine on one Android device but

horrible on another, due to differences in vibe motors

Using MOTIV, we abstract this level for you – You choose an effect you want from a library – It will automatically feel consistent across all devices

whether it is an explosion, click, or bounce– We call this our Universal Haptic Layer (UHL)

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Immersion MOTIV PlatformUniversal Haptic Layer

(UHL)

Adding UHL Haptics to an Android Application

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Universal Haptic Layer

Available for download on www.immersion.com/MOTIVsdk

Verbose documentation at http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVuhl


http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVuhl

Free Effect Preview App Available from the Android

Market now Allows you to feel the

library on any Android device

Provides code sample for each vibe launcher effect

Awesome on Android handsets with embedded TouchSense player installed by the OEMs

Good on all other Android handsets and tablets allowing vibe control not available with standard Google vibe ()


UHL Library of Effects in Preview App

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The UHL library contains 124 pre-designed effects. For design purposes, these effects are grouped into categories:

Selection confirmation effects Scroll effects Alert/Alarm effects Animation Transition effects Game effects Texture effects


UHL Effect Preview App on Android Market


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Code Demo: Integrating UHL Haptics into an

Android sample application

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You should... As an experienced Android developer, you

should have practical experience with Eclipse and:

Android architecture The life cycle of components Event handling Debugging and application Deploying an application to a device

Download Resources

Download latest Immersion UHL to your PC http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVsdk

Install latest “UHL Effect Preview” application from Android Market



For additional information, visit the Immersion website: http://www2.immersion.com/developers/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=495&Itemid=812

Add UHL to Eclipse project

• Extract UHL_x_x_xx.zip somewhere• Copy extracted libImmEmulatorJ.so file to your Eclipse

project libs/armeabi folder (create folders if necessary)• In Eclipse, refresh project to see

libs/armeabi/libImmEmulatorJ.so• Navigate to Project > Properties > Build Path >

Configure Build Path…• Click on Add External JARs…• Browse to location of extracted UHL.jar file


http://www2.immersion.com/developers/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=495&Itemid=812

http://www2.immersion.com/developers/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=495&Itemid=812

Add Import Statement Import the Launcher class wherever the Launcher will be used

import com.immersion.uhl.Launcher;

Add Launcher Member• Add a Launcher member to the main Activity class or other

application-wide class

private Launcher m_launcher;


Instantiate Launcher Instantiate the Launcher object once, usually in the main Activity

onCreate function

try{

m_launcher = new Launcher(this);}catch (RuntimeException e){

Log.e(“My App”, e.getMessage());}

Use MOTIV UHL Effect Preview App


Use the Effect Preview application from the Android Market to feel the built-in effects and determine which effect IDs to use in your application.

Play Effect Play a haptic effect

try{

m_launcher.play(Launcher.BOUNCE_100);}catch (RuntimeException e) {}

Use Effect Preview Application on your target Android phone to choose effect.

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Stop Effect• Stop the haptic effect.

try{

m_launcher.stop();}catch (RuntimeException e) {}

Add this to Activity onPause function in case a phone call is received.

In a nutshell, that’s it!If you can handle the setting up your Eclipse

environment and understand the last five slides…

Then you should be able to add cool UHL effects to your applications.

But let’s review the steps within the Eclipse environment itself through the creation of a simple rolling ball demo application just to make sure you understand.

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Rolling BallDemo App Example

(within Eclipse)

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We talked about...

Who is Immersion? What is haptics? How can Haptics be applied to Android apps? What is Immersion’s MOTIV Platform for

Android? How do you code the MOTIV Universal Haptic

Layer (UHL) into your apps? Where do you find additional MOTIV

resources?

Additional Resources http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVsdk

Developer guidehttp://www.immersion.com/MOTIVguide

Reference dochttp://www.immersion.com/MOTIVref

Sample codehttp://www.immersion.com/MOTIVcode

Forumhttp://www.immersion.com/MOTIVforum

MOTIV Studio (Only for advanced custom effect design)http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVsdk

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http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVguide

http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVref

http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVcode

http://www.immersion.com/MOTIVforum


Immersion’s Got Apps Campaign

Immersion Building a Wall of Haptic Apps for Mobile World Congress (MWC ‘12) in Barcelona, Spain.– Show us your apps using the Immersion MOTIV UHL

SDK and add “Integrated with Immersion MOTIV Haptic Effects” to your description page

– Launch in Android Market or any other Android app store

– If your app is compelling, we’ll help you promote it and demo it at Mobile World Congress – Feb 2012 and other tradeshows

– AND drive connection to our OEM / Carrier partners Contact us at [email protected] to

participate

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mailto:[email protected]

Immersion to Promo Your Cool Haptic Apps

Inclusion in Immersion’s outreach to over 30 major technology & review channels including:– Engadget, PC World, AndroidPolice, Appolicious,

VentureBeat/GameBeat, Android Central, etc…

Highlight of your app in Immersion’s Feature App section of their Developer’s site (developer.immersion.com)

Inclusion in Immersion’s publicly issued press releases

Potential inclusion on Immersion promotional videos/animations

Demos to Immersion’s major OEM partners for bundling opportunties

Inclusion in Immersion demonstrations at upcoming tradeshows and conferences like AnDevCon, MWC, etc.


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Thank you!

NASDAQ: IMMR

September 2011

Bob Heubel & Richard Mar presenting