Apple wants to make everything haptic, including beds
For those who want to feel asleep
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Apple’s quest to make everything haptic continues, this time with designs for a haptic bed. Following in the wake of news that Apple might be makinghaptic socks, the tech giant may be looking to produce a sort of haptic mattress that can monitor and help control your sleeping patterns.
The potential new product was spotted in a patent published on Thursday that details a “pneumatic haptic device” that is for use on top of a bed mattress. Images of the haptic bed show off different cells that can be inflated or deflated using a fluid – either a gas or liquid – to produce impulses the user would be able to feel.
This patent is yet another example of Apple’s desire to dominate the world of sleeping, following their acquisition of Beddit in 2017 and adding sleep tracking to Apple Watches last year. As with all patents though, we have to remember that this haptic mattress may never be more than a dream.
Why would you want a haptic mattress?
Unlike most other haptic peripherals we’ve seen, we can’t think of many ways Apple’s mattress device could tie into virtual reality, so we doubt thatApple’s VR headsetandApple Glasswill come with any specific integration.
Instead, we imagine that the haptic bed would predominantly be used to track sleep. Combined with other sensors, the haptic mattress could detect what sleeping positions you snore loudest in and gently nudge you towards quieter ones.
If you’re someone that hates hearing your alarm in the morning, the haptic bed could silently wake you up – and might make it a little harder for you to doze off again. Alternatively, it could offer you a relaxing massage to help you drift off in the evening.
For now, we’ll have to wait and see what this haptic bed turns into – if it becomes reality at all. We imagine Apple might want to sleep on the idea a little more before anything is finalized.
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Hamish is a Senior Staff Writer for TechRadar and you’ll see his name appearing on articles across nearly every topic on the site from smart home deals to speaker reviews to graphics card news and everything in between. He uses his broad range of knowledge to help explain the latest gadgets and if they’re a must-buy or a fad fueled by hype. Though his specialty is writing about everything going on in the world of virtual reality and augmented reality.
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