Immersion Corporation and CRI Middleware Co., Ltd. have announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to enable game developers using CRI Middleware platform's CRIWARE to incorporate Immersion's TouchSense® technology in their Android mobile games. The collaboration brings touch, audio and video solutions together on one platform for game developers, and streamlines the process of adding haptics using Immersion's industry-changing TouchSense Gaming Software Development Kit (SDK). Through this integration, game developers can use CRIWARE to add tactile effects and feedback to augment mobile games with the sense of touch resulting in an increased level of engagement.

TouchSense Gaming SDK for mobile game development includes a haptic playback API, a universal library of haptic effects, reference guides, and technical and creative support. Immersion's TouchSense technology enables the use of tactile effects in games in the vast majority of Android mobile devices on the market, with optimal haptic performance when the games are played on mobile devices running TouchSense technology in the operating system.