OK, at this point, Immersion (@HapticsDev) has sued every digital tech company *except* FB so I guess this was kinda inevitable... businesswire.com/news/home/2022…
It's kinda sad to see this company drop any pretense of actually trying to build/develop anything themselves...they basically exist to leverage their patent portfolio at this stage...
CEO basically admitted as much in latest earnings report:
"We are laser-focused on ensuring our relevant intellectual property for the AR/VR/metaverse market is recognized, either through the execution of licenses or by proactive enforcement."
"We are laser-focused on ensuring our relevant intellectual property for the AR/VR/metaverse market is recognized, either through the execution of licenses or by proactive enforcement."
Basically: they see a lot of companies now developing #haptics for VR/AR, and are going to cash in by suing them into licensing agreements. Which has been their business model for decades, first in games then in mobile haptics.
Also banking on being able to monetize haptics standards for multimedia:
"Immersion’s proposal to treat haptics as a top-level media type (at the same level as audio and video) for all internet media and communications, progressed to ‘Proposed Standard’ at IETF 113 in March."
"Immersion’s proposal to treat haptics as a top-level media type (at the same level as audio and video) for all internet media and communications, progressed to ‘Proposed Standard’ at IETF 113 in March."
In the early days of @HapticsIF, it seemed weird to have the company that had done more to quash haptics innovation leading the push for increased industry partnerships, you've always gotta assume they'll act in bad faith bc they sue the fuck out of everyone constantly.
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