How Haptics Renders on Each Device

Interhaptics is a cross-platform tool. The Interhaptics SDK, powered by the Interhaptics Engine, allows developers to deploy haptic experiences onto multiple devices. Each device has its own haptic capabilities, as described in the table below.

Device/Platform	Haptic Perception Supported	Rendering Strategy
iPhone (Core Haptics Engine - iPhone 8 or newer)	Vibration	Transients and one haptic melody averaging all haptic effects melodies both in frequency and amplitude. Frequency is translated into sharpness.
	Texture	One haptic melody averaging all haptic effects melodies both in frequency and amplitude. Frequency is translated into sharpness.
	Stiffness	Modulation of the vibration strength in function of the stiffness value. Sharpness is set at 0.5.
Android Phone (Android APIs 26 and higher) with Amplitude Control	Vibration	Transients and one haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
	Texture	One haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
Android Phone (Android APIs 26 and higher) without Amplitude Control	Vibration	Similar to Android with Amplitude Control; refer to the documentation for threshold usage.
	Texture	Similar to Android with Amplitude Control; refer to the documentation for threshold usage.
Meta Quest (OVR APIs)	Vibration	Transients and one haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
	Texture	One haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
	Stiffness	Modulation of the vibration strength in function of the stiffness value.
DualSense™ wireless controller for PlayStation®5	Vibration	Full wideband haptic signal.
	Texture	Full wideband haptic signal.
	Stiffness	Ten points of the stiffness function following device specifications.
GameInput/XInput controller	Vibration	Transients and one haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
	Texture	One haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
	Stiffness	Modulation of the vibration strength in function of the stiffness value.
OpenXR headset (controllers)	Vibration	Transients and one haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
	Texture	One haptic melody adding all haptic effect amplitudes.
	Stiffness	Modulation of the vibration strength in function of the stiffness value.
Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Controllers	Vibration	Transients and one haptic melody averaging all haptic effects melodies both in frequency and amplitude, using a low-frequency band. The low-frequency band of the Joy-Con vibration motor can be set in the range of 40 Hz to 640 Hz, centering on 160 Hz.

Note: For Android devices without Amplitude Control capability, rendering will differ compared to devices with this capability. For more information, please refer to the Mobile SDK Setup section.