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The Xiaomi Mix. Enabling fullscreen display with an ultrasonic proximity sensor.

A larger screen. Not a larger phone. The release of the Xiaomi Mix ignited the current smartphone full screen trend and disrupted the market by replacing the physical infrared sensor of a smartphone with software and ultrasound. Elliptic Labs machine learning based proximity sensor is now deployed on more than 100 million smartphones around the world. The removal of the physical infrared…

Handheld Haptics

This part is under construction and will tell the story of haptics and the next generation handheld gaming controls. 3D force feedback allowing the game to be felt directly in the hands of a user. Follow me on Twitter to stay updated on the progress.