Haptic technology generate haptic effects on a haptic cushion in interacting with multimedia contents at ACTUATOR 2014 in Bremen, Germany. In 2015, Valve released the Steam Controller with HD Haptics, with haptic force actuators on both sides of the controller deliver precise, high fidelity vibrations measured in microseconds, can emulate the spin of a virtual trackball, the click of a scroll wheel, or the shot of a rifle. Every input, from the triggers to the trackpads, can offer haptic feedback to fingertips, delivering vital, high-bandwidth, tactile feedback about speed, boundaries, thresholds, textures, or actions. In 2017, the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con introduced the
Special senses Humans can also have distortion of tastes through dysgeusia. Not all mammals share the same taste senses: some rodents can taste starch (which humans cannot), cats cannot taste sweetness, and several other carnivores including hyenas, dolphins, and sea lions, have lost the ability to sense up to four of their ancestral five taste senses. Special senses In medicine and anatomy, the special senses are the senses that have specialized organs devoted to them: The distinction between special and general senses is used to classify nerve fibers running to and from the central nervous system – information from special senses is