Haptic Technology Market worth $51.77 Billion - 2018

Monday 22 April 2013, Amsterdam

According to a new market research report of "Haptic Technology Market for Touchscreen (2013- 2018): By Components (Kinesthetic & Tactile Sensing, Actuators); Technology (Resistive, Capacitive); Devices (Touchscreens, Input Devices); Applications (Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Medical)", published by MarketsandMarkets ,is expected to grow at a CAGR of 41% from 2013 to 2018 and reach $51.77 billion in 2018.


Haptics creates multi modal experiences that improve the usability by engaging touch, sound, and sight. Haptics improve the usability by fully engaging the users senses such as in a shooter game when a user selects a virtual button, he/she can sense the button due to the haptics and performs much better.

Haptics provides the users with in-built and definite tactile confirmation. Haptics also makes a user more confident by improving the safety and overcoming the distractions. Haptics rebuilds the mechanical feeling as the user is able to touch and feel the buttons on the touchscreen.

The overall haptic touchscreens market is segmented into three major segments namely: application, touch technologies and geography. All the major segments are further segmented into sub segments. All the segments and sub segments are separately described in the report.

Global haptic touchscreens market is expected to reach $51.77 billion by 2018, at an estimated CAGR of 41% from 2013 to 2018.

The major driving factors for the haptic touchscreens market are the growth of the Smartphones and virtual interfaces. In the report, different touchscreens technologies are discussed like capacitive touchscreens, resistive touchscreens, surface acoustic wave (SAW) touchscreens, optical imaging touchscreens, and others. Haptic technology is increasing in use for capacitive touchscreens. Haptic technology in touchscreens is based on two different types of sensing systems, namely Kinesthetic and tactile. Different types of actuators, electronic systems, and the softwares required for a haptic system are also discussed in the report.

Geographical split for every application is included in the report as the market share of different applications of haptic touchscreens varies from one region to another. This report describes the overall market into four major geographical segments, namely, North America, Europe, APAC, and ROW. APAC is the market leader in the overall haptic touchscreens market; followed by North America and Europe. In ROW, the Middle East, and Africa are the largest contributors.