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Haptic Composer Overview

Haptic Composer is a powerful design tool for creating high-definition haptic experiences that can be deployed across multiple platforms and devices. With an intuitive graphical interface, it allows designers to create, edit, and test haptic effects through a familiar timeline-based workflow.

Key Features​

  • Visual Haptic Design: Create and edit haptic effects using an intuitive timeline interface
  • Audio-to-Haptics Conversion: Automatically extract haptic patterns from audio files
  • Multi-platform Testing: Test your haptic designs on different devices directly from the Composer
  • Haptic Presets: Use pre-designed haptic patterns to quickly assemble complex experiences
  • Keyframe Editing: Precisely control amplitude and frequency through keyframe manipulation

Documentation Sections​

Getting Started​

Learn how to download, install, and begin using Haptic Composer to create your first haptic effects. Note: Haptic Composer is currently supported only for Windows.

Haptic Design​

Explore the core concepts of haptic design including haptic composition, note editing, keyframes, transients, and haptic presets. Learn how to use the graphical interface to create sophisticated haptic experiences.

.haps File Format​

Understand the structure and components of the .haps file format, which stores haptic effects in a JSON-based, human-readable format. Learn about the hierarchical structure of haptic perceptions, keyframes, haptic notes, and haptic melodies.

Audio To Haptics Settings​

Master the settings for converting audio files to haptic effects, including transient detection, amplitude threshold, frequency threshold, and frequency range adjustments for different target devices.

Testing Capabilities​

Test your haptic designs directly within Haptic Composer on:

  • iOS and Android devices
  • PlayStation DualSense controllers (HD Haptics and Adaptive Triggers)
  • Razer Kraken V3 Hypersense Developer Kit
  • Various PC controllers and XR devices

Workflow Integration​

Haptic Composer is part of a complete haptic design pipeline that integrates with:

  • Haptics Unity SDK
  • Haptics Unreal SDK
  • Haptics GameMaker SDK
  • Haptics SDK for Custom Game Engine (C++))
  • Haptic Testing environments

Start designing your cross-platform haptic experiences today with Haptic Composer!