INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As handset makers continue to work on ways of making smartphones more streamlined and sleek, while at the same time introducing new features
setting out its stall to help them and other hardware makers change up the game.Sentons, the startup out of Silicon Valley that is building
software-defined surface technology, is today announcing the launch of SurfaceWave, a processor and accompanying gesture engine that can be
used in smartphones and other hardware to create virtual wheels and buttons to control and navigate apps and features on the devices
market interest in its technology
He would not comment on whether his former employer is one of them.Sentons has been around since 2011, but very much under the radar until
physical movement and force on the surface of an object
The company says that this technique is much more sophisticated than capacitive touch that has been used on smartphones up to now, because
software-defined surfaces
The medium always strives for more immersive experiences, and as more games are either natively made for phones, or ported there because of
the popularity of mobile gaming, handset makers and publishers are always trying to come up with ways to enhance what is, ultimately, very
limited real estate (even with larger screens)
Using any and all parts of a device to experience motion and other physical responses, and to control the game, is a natural fit for what
have slowed down, and for some vendors declined, in recent years; and while some of that might have to do with premium device prices
continuing to climb, and much higher smartphone penetration globally, some have laid the blame in part on a lack of innovation
have one.You could argue that making a technology like this widely available and open to all comers might make those who are trying to make
Apple.However, he thinks a different approach is needed here
