Razer wants you to feel your games with Universal Haptics

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During the recent Game Developers Conference, I had a chance to escape the din of the event to go to Razer‘s offices in San Francisco and hear and feel the pounding of a new set of headphones.

These prototype devices pounded into my ears more than usual because they used Razer’s new universal haptics technology, which lets you feel the sound.

Last year, Razer bought a company called Interhaptics and at GDC 2023 it introduced its Universal Haptics software development kit and directional haptics. It’s all in the name of improving immersion for gamers, coming from a company that wants to be the global lifestyle brand for gamers.

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The free SDK release focuses on enabling a heightened immersive gaming experience, bringing audio and visual effects to life with HD haptic feedback that can now be completely customized through the Interhaptics SDK.

When I wore the Razer HyperSense directional-enabled headphones, the experience of the sound started small and then built up to a kind of crescendo. Listening to the classic THX sound wave, at some point it shifted over from hearing sound with my ears to feeling the sound beating on my skin. It was an example of the Interhaptics technology in action.

Developers can sign up for the waiting list for the Razer Kraken V3 HyperSense Dev Kit with programmable directional HD haptics at the Interhaptics website. And Interhaptics has expanded its