Beyond the Pandemic: The Role of Haptics in Defining the New Normal

Discusses the role haptics technology plays in the COVID-19 pandemic. Haptics permeates our lives. During the COVID-19 pandemic, where social distancing continues to affect the way we interact with other people and the environment, haptic technology can play a pivotal role in bringing touch back into our everyday lives. Haptic technology is shifting from something useful to improve virtual and remote interactions into something vital for the physical and particularly mental wellbeing of the human species