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It took me a long time to understand that touch is a language we all speak, regardless of our native tongues. And although I studied touch (haptic) sensations at the highest academic levels, it’s still hard to express how important the sense of touch is to the human experience. Touch is its very own language, its own form of communication, its own meaning. It’s no wonder the pandemic was so difficult for us; suddenly, the entire world understood what being “touch-starved” truly felt like.

Though we’re thankfully past the throes of the pandemic, we still live in a digital-first world — one that’s predominantly shaped by virtual, versus physical, day-to-day interactions. As the paradigm shifts from personal handshakes to waving on Zoom, how do we keep the ever-important sensation of feeling connected alive?  

vring Haptics Put Touch Back Into Your Day-To-Day 

There exists a universe of hidden communication between people, whether that’s in the subtle squeeze of a hand or a reaffirming palm on the shoulder. A person’s presence is sensed with just the slightest touch — a touch that speaks infinitely louder than a holler across the room. Moreover, these physical forms of communication express sentiments that can’t be felt through a screen. The intimate world of touch reaches each of us at the core of our being, chiefly because it’s the first form of communication we experience as infants.

That brings us to our pressing challenge: how do we deliver the pervasive sense of touch into the digital age for people whose only option is screen-to-screen communication? Whether it be your spouse overseas or your grandchildren in another state, there’s been no mechanism — until now — to communicate those unspoken expressions that touch conveys. 

That’s why we created the vring app. vring ignites the dormant sense of touch communication in all of us, enabling the exchange of discreet or secretive messages using only smartphone vibrations.

Haptics Bring Human Touch To New Heights

vring brings back the possibility of sending meaningful, intimate digital communications without anyone spying over their shoulders. vring users can both send and receive messages entirely discreetly — a level of secrecy previously only available within arm’s reach. Now, with vring, users can send any kind of a message, whether it be playful, sincere, intimate, or sympathetic to anyone in the world.

Better yet, vring takes touch to a new level with your ability to express yourself to multiple people at once. Digital technology might have robbed us of the sense of touch, but vring brings it back and ignites what was previously unimaginable, like being able to send a physical touch to tens or hundreds of people all at once.

Imagine being at a concert to watch your favorite performer live. If you’re not in the first few rows, you'll have to enjoy the performance from a distance, never being able to touch the performer as they bend down to connect with fans reaching onto the stage. 

Now imagine that same performer using vring to physically interact with everyone in the audience, each of you experiencing that fundamental physical connection to complement the emotional expression of the performer. And even if you're not with a performer in an arena of thousands, every one of us has a group of people they connect with, whether that’s a sorority, a large family, a team, or a school club. vring unleashes the untapped capability to interact with those groups as intimately as you interact with another person when you're within arm’s reach.

What would you say to a person if you knew only they could perceive it, even in a crowded room? Maybe you’re in the audience and want to tell your daughter that her dance solo was extraordinary —  send her a vring, she feels it, and no one on stage or off would be the wiser except for just the two of you. You decide what discreet, secret message you want to send: a short phrase, an inside joke, an emoji, a symbol, all expressed with a touch sensation also of your own design. 

Living in the digital age doesn’t have to mean we lose what makes us human. Discover a new channel of communication with vring and feel connected, again.