3D Systems – Haptics Device

The award-winning Touch™ X pushes haptic capabilities to the next level

For 3D modeling and design, surgical training, virtual assembly, and other procedures that require a higher degree of precision, Touch X is an easy-to-use, affordable option that pairs perfectly with Geomagic Freeform^®for the perfect design interface.

Touch X haptic devices allow a user to feel 3D on-screen objects by applying force feedback on the user’s hand, and the Touch X delivers expanded, true-to-life sensations with a more fluid feel and lower friction. Its durability, affordability, and accuracy make the Touch X haptic device ideal for commercial, medical, and research applications, especially when compactness and portability matter.

Leading OEMs choose the Touch X and integrate it into their products in a number of interactive virtual environments such as surgical simulators and machine component visualization.

Medical Applications

The Touch X allows surgical interns to perform accurate virtual surgeries and learn the feel of a correct procedure before entering the clinical environment. Its compact design and accurate feel provide a true-to-life experience and field of movement.

Research and Development Applications

Touch X is an integral piece in many university- and research center-based haptic applications. Touch X provides the ideal balance of affordability, flexibility, and precision that’s important to budget-conscious research projects in fields like medical rehabilitation, biomedicine, and robotics.

The award-winning Touch X haptic device provides an affordable desktop solution and is ideal for customers who are performing certain types of haptic research.

• Portable, compact footprint and Ergonomic design
• Compact force feedback workspace
• 6-degrees-of-freedom positional sensing
• 3-degrees-of-freedom force feedback
• Automatic workspace calibration
• Comfortable molded-rubber stylus with textured paint
• Removable, customizable stylus
• Two programmable stylus switches
• Supports OpenHaptics^® SDK, and Unity and Unreal Plug-ins
• Made of metal components and injection-molded plastics
• USB 2.0 or 3.0

The Touch™ is a mid-range, professional haptic device used in research, 3D modeling and OEM applications

Touch is a motorized device that applies force feedback on the users’ hand, allowing them to feel virtual objects and producing true-to-life touch sensations as users manipulates on-screen 3D objects. Leading companies integrate Touch haptic devices into their work to achieve compelling solutions using the realistic sense of touch. 

You can use Touch haptic devices in diverse applications including simulation, training, skills assessment, rehearsal, virtual assembly, robotic control, collision detection, machine interface design, rehabilitation, mapping, and more.

When used with the OpenHaptics^® developer software toolkit, the Touch allows developers to design and deploy haptic programs rapidly, do mash-ups into existing applications, try out new ideas, and create haptically-enabled products. Touch is also sold as a component of Geomagic Freeform^®.

The award-winning Touch haptic device provides an affordable desktop solution and is ideal for customers who are performing certain types of haptic research.

• Portable, compact footprint and Ergonomic design
• Compact force feedback workspace
• 6-degrees-of-freedom positional sensing
• 3-degrees-of-freedom force feedback
• USB 2.0 or 3.0
• Comfortable molded-rubber stylus with textured paint
• Removable, customizable stylus
• Two integrated momentary stylus switches
• Stylus-docking inkwell
• Supports OpenHaptics^® SDK, and Unity and Unreal Plug-ins
• Made of metal components and injection-molded plastics