"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web “Touch is natural and intuitive and it will succeed.” The Future of the Internet III, Pew Internet & American Life Project. "Touch feedback is the future of the digital device user experience," said Craig Vachon, vice president and general manager of Immersion's Mobility line of business "This technology, called HD Feel, makes it possible to use the effects in the same way we would to create words or letters. It is, in essence, a programmable language created by haptic feedback." Source: ViviTouch turns touch into language with HD Feel By Ryan Fleming Last research shows that haptic feedback (also known as tactile, touch, vibrotactile, or force feedback) has been found to: - Increase user speed and accuracy - Reduce complication and stress - Improve user satisfaction More information on research performed by companies and universities can be found in the Immersion white paper The Value of Haptics, available at: www.immersion.com/resources/

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iFeelPixel User's Review and Testimonial Extracts

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"What an awesome application. Listening to music with the Multimedia feature is insanely satisfying. Listening to music without haptic feedback now is like being outside the room where it's being played" NOX (iFeelPixel Discord)

"First, thank you for the Effort. I’m loving it using it with my Novint falcon and the steel series mouse." Nica1710 (iFeelPixel Discord)

"Honestly, just buy the professional program, I mean hell - it's cheap and a great way to manipulate hardware" de_vorno (iFeelPixel Discord)

"I found your website guys for a tactile feedback app (for my rival 710). Im trying to find an engine to get a sound feedback in the World of Tanks. Will your iFeelPixel works for this purpose? You guys are awesome, thank you for update! Happy holidays!" Shaman (Ed) (iFeelPixel Discord)

"hi there! first of all, super great that youre still supporting the rival mice! i myself got a rival 710 and its a great joy feeling the tactile feedback for the minor things ... i like the hypertouch function with hyperlinks/custom mouse icon. its a functionality i have gotten used to a lot ... the previous version has been working very well. especially after the recent windows updates ... everything working! accidentally activated morse. so typing this is making my mouse vibrate haha! thanks a lot for the quick help!" killah18723 (iFeelPixel Discord)

"The hardware I have available to me hardly does it justice, but even then I found the experience to be strangely compelling! It's pretty exciting to have another dimension to what would otherwise be a flat, purely visual image. And I can definitely imagine how it might make a lot of input methods much more accessible to a demographic that would otherwise be limited to auditory feedback. It must be quite frustrating to rely on touch more than average, only to have that sensation completely missing in the digital realm, where auditory feedback can also be hindered by limited or missing support for screen readers.
You've piqued my interest in haptic feedback; it's exciting to think that proper standardization will likely make it more prevalent and accessible in the future!
Haptic feedback may well be the next big revolution after VR headsets, if it isn't already. And the accessibility aspect makes it a lot more crucial, so keep up the good work! Thank you for the positive experience! The best of luck on your endeavours! " Jonne L. W. (XInput Wrapper for Xbox Controllers)

"I am an old user of immersion desktop and iFeel Mouse. I'm already excited and want the new Rival gaming mouse the earlier possible. I feel unnatural to move the mouse and not feeling the screen interface like 15 years ago. I would want all the devices used with hands to use advanced haptic response like iFeelPixel. Including keyboards, touch screens, VR headsets (not only the controller), or even gloves or other clothes." David C. (Tridimensional.info)

"Wow, I've just tested it, and let me tell you - I'm very impressed. I like the Metronome feature to simulate force-feedback in video games. It now does everything I wanted, and more.
Having the tempo and tone increased to 50 is great, setting it to left-click only by default is excellent and increasing the button detection to 100ms prevents any wrong triggering of the haptic, while it works flawlessly when the button is held for any automatic weapons, this is just what I always wanted this Rival Gaming mouse to be, it's now perfect and feels just like the mouse equivalent of an XBox controller.
You've done an amazing job. And so fast, too. I'm now more than ready for Cyberpunk 2077.
I can't even begin to describe how much I appreciate this. I'll make sure to recommend iFeelPixel to anyone and anywhere I can. Thank you so much for your efforts! You made me a happier person today :)" Amir F.

"We're a research group in Aarhus University, Denmark, and we're doing research on using tactile feedback in Data Visualization. We just started experimenting with RIVAL 710 for the tactile feedback. We saw your project, iFeelPixel, and it's really amazing. Your work is really helpful and inspiring for our project. Thank you!" Wenkai H.

"I've been a LONG time user of ifeelpixel - back when I used the Logitech ifeel mouse. I was so into the haptic feedback that I bought several of them on Ebay, just in case. Unfortunately, as you know, once things went to 64bit, they became useless. I am now using a Steelseries Rival 700 on Windows 10 64bit. Nothing is sweeter than having haptic feedback when editing photos and working in Windows. Thanks again for all that you do and the software you provide." Tod P. (photographer, multi-screens user)

"I appreciate your hard work and wish to support your efforts" David L.

"Great work for the latest version, thanks!" Ravid R.

"I'm very impressed with the iFeelPixel software" Annis T. (Visually impaired grad student at Marshall University, computer science degree)

"That's amazing, great and Brilliant! Many thanks for the resource you shared!" Dr. Longhao Z. (Performance Engineering Laboratory)

"I transcribe for visually impaired students in Scotland and am always looking for new ways to help them learn and access information; whether from re-formatted books or the internet. If you're looking for a potential test group, let me know. I will follow your company's work now. Thank you"
Mrs Robbie D. (Haptic and tactile graphics)

"This Project is very interesting and is getting more interesting since I heart that the vOICe Software can work with it together as well. Since iFeelPixel does work with games, this mean that a blind Person will be able to Play Mainstream Video games with grafics and stuff. I am already excited to try out your software with the SteelSeries Rival mices"
Niklas R. (Visually impaired gamer, Logitech rumble pad II, Microsoft xbox 360 Controller, Wiimote)

"Being able to use tactile feedback for many years and to experience it through a trackball. Your software is enough to make me feel in touch with the past and future again. It is working great and I really appreciate the features you added to this release.
We just need the successor of iFeel Mouse for future years. Such a device combined with the method for hyperlink detection would bring back the good old days of ifeel browsing!"
Clement, Japan (Tested with Logitech iFeel Mouse on Windows XP, Firefox browser)

"Some interesting initial studies show that social presence created by haptic devices has positive effects on virtual mental health therapy, as well as online learning. I'm looking to get help on experiment development - very simple stuff for now (i.e. get two ifeel mice to send and receive haptic signals in an online chat room and/or Skype/videoconference. Thank you so much"
Thomas (Wisconsin-Madison student, Clinical Psychology Department, haptics research)

"Thank you so much! It's buzzing now!" Joseph (Tested with Logitech iFeel Mouse on Windows XP)

"The iFeelPixel software feels so good to use ..." Kitty (Tested with Logitech iFeel Mouseman on Adobe Photoshop and Internet Explorer 8)

"I have just tried your iFeelPixel and I am very impressed! it really is surprising how well it can translate the sense of touch. Again, thanks for the great offer, I will definitely recommend!" (Novint Falcon user)

"Just tried this out on your guys site, its really aweseome! Especially with the novint falcon :)" (YouTube comment)

"The iFeel mouse still works, its better than the most mouses I got, I like it even more than a G5 mouse,
I appreciate the new features of the new version and I like the wii addon with blue tooth I didnt see that before" Jurgen, Belgium (iFeel Mouse user)

"The most interesting feature was the morse code feature, which seems like it could be helpful to people who are deaf and blind." (Novint Falcon user)

"Haptic rules!" Nicole

"I downloaded iFeelPixel, and it seems really neat. The new version works great! I plan to try it with an actual game." Christopher, USA (Novint Falcon user)

"It is a very nice tool, and you have done a nice job with your software in general. :)"

"I am a professional photographer and the feedback the mouse gives me through this technology is wonderful when editing hundreds of photographs. I can move around quicker and it comes in especially handy when doing tedious editing and altering. I really believe in this technology and was very disappointed when Logitech stopped supporting it. I have used the iFeel mouse on all of my PC's and will continue to do so as long as I am able."
Tod P. (website: PhotoTac)

"Tactile feedback is so important to the computing experience! I really thought it would be a standard feature of every operating system by now" Mike (iFeel Mouse, University of Michigan)

"I tried it on OSG viewer with an open flight model. I think if we could load some string or stretch features etc would be cool" Iswaran (Visual simulation website: Viswire)

"I wish you could bundle the gaming component too. It would be awesome to have this work with all my games." Steve L. (Tested with Logitech iFeel Mouse on Mozilla Firefox Browser and Painkiller Overdose Demo Game)

"Great software" Annette Gorski (Tested with Logitech iFeel Mouse)

"Using Wingman Force Feedback mouse in an experiment to help my daughter with cerebral palsy: she can control her movements when they are stimulated by external sources, eg gravity - hand in free fall a few inches, or steering the hand while I shake it gently. I believe this kind of software can help her." Bo Sundborg

"Dunno what to say, it's great like what it is atm :-)" Maxime (Logitech iFeel Mouse)

"I love this software, I've had it ever since it first came out." Jean M. (Logitech iFeel Mouse)

"It's a good software." Tested by Josh with iFeelMouse

"This is very interesting and impressive." (Korea, iFeel Mouse user)

Game tested with iFeelPixel TactileWare: Battlefield 2

"This software program is a very good program." Marco

"thanks..... very available.... gooooood.... fun & fun !" Jong (Korea, iFeel Mouse user)

"Interesting - especially texture feature ..." Ken (iFeel Mouse user)

"I like the software. It gave me more options than just the basic immersion software i had." Sara

"I have had the Ifeel mouse for a long time and I LOVE it!!" Dora

"The great point is about the invaluable help that the software could bring to disabled people, to hear, and feel the desktop, used in conjunction with MouseKeys it's also very neat and useful." Juan Pablo G.

Software tested by Juan with iFeelPixel: ACDsee picture viewer, image management and photo editing Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Mozilla Firefox

"The software is great. I got my mouse working now thanx" Bryant Garzon

"This program is GREAT! It can be useful, and it can be VERY fun.
I and my friends have good time with it. Good job!" Egor, Russia

"Good software." Rossi

"Maybe the hidden application and hook-up for the blind" John C.

"It's cool, I like it, I had good fun with it" Bill C.

Game tested by Bill c. with iFeelPixel: Unreal Tournament 2004 - Editor's Choice

"Nice free software :-)" Troy, Australia

"It should come with TouchWare Gaming together.
This is a very good conception, just continue doing it!" David, Hungary

Game tested by David with iFeelPixel: Neighbors from Hell

Software tested by David with iFeelPixel: InterVideo WINDVD 7 Gold DVD Playback Software

"Liked the software interface." Jody, Canada

"I enjoyed the experience. Look forward to more" Neri

"Nice work guys. Love to have more iFeel-compatible apps out there" Robert

"Really interesting idea and you pulled it off quite well! I've been a long time Force Feedback
programmer (used to work for Immersion)... kudos!" Evan, USA

"Hmm ... very nice ..." Mathias, Danmark

"I use iFeelPixel with a lots of Game Sites, I think it is very interesting to move over
pictures with this technology... this software is very good!" Gildo, Germany

"I find the Morse engine useful as I am learning it." Tom

"Interesting piece of software. I've enjoyed trying out iFeelPixel so far.
Sounds like the beta 0.2 will be great! I'm a researcher at York university working with
force feedback devices to control musical instruments" Stuart Rimell, England

"iFeelPixel is a nice program" Ben

"I just like iFeelPixel cause i now get feedback while surfing using opera.
Since the Immersion web plugins don't work with opera." Schido, Netherlands

Software tested by Schido with iFeelPixel: Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Opera Web Browser

Website tested by Schido with iFeelPixel: www.photo.net

"Fun" Dan

"Your iFeelPixel software is very impressive realism and highly tweakable.
iFeelPixel finds the way to improve the experience when we surf the web,
view an image and like most other things that we do on a Personal Computer.
The feeling of touching an image is really good, I don't have any problem
with another TouchWare like Immersion TouchWare Desktop.
I have try to search the web all the way to find games with
Force Feedback, but I didn't find a lot of things...
With your software, any image on desktop become touchable,
this is a fantastic and superb new FF experience.
Perhaps iFeelPixel is the future of Force Feedback experiences for PC,
it has a lot of possibilities like no other software I have ever used.
Thanks a lot for your great work! That's a very gOOd experience!" Angelo, Italia

Software tested by Angelo with iFeelPixel: ACDsee picture viewer, image management and photo editing

Websites and images tested by Angelo with iFeelPixel and Internet Explorer