This Google Chrome extension adds haptics support to Google Chrome. Allows the web to send touch events to the device so that the user can feel what is happening.

Ultimate goal is to integrate Haptics as a device within HTML5's device API. It will help people with disability to access the web better through the sense of touch. The browser will be able send events to the device so that the user can feel the geometry of the website (sections, images, video, text).

Another goal is to allow WebGL content be accessibile through the device, can assist the blind feeling objects available in WebGL, and allow gamers to place a touch interaction to their gameplay (feel gravity, weight, force feedback, feels different texture, etc).

The NPAPI plugin interacts with the device and allows the webapp to interact with it through a set of API's.

The API:

Implemented

void startDevice();
void stopDevice();
void sendForce(double[3]);
double[3] position;
boolean initialized;

You can debug the extension's Native (NPAPI) instance by setting a property for the plugin, it will spit out console messages to the background page:

app.debug = true;

Please refer to the LICENSE file, GPL

Mohamed Mansour [email protected]