Revolutionary Haptic Technology

HaptonTech

Technology you don’t see. You feel.

HaptonTech engineers programmable haptic surfaces that let devices communicate through touch. Patented liquid-crystal technology ready to integrate into your product.

✓ 8 patenten
✓ TU Eindhoven
✓ 4+ industries

How The System Works

From sub-millisecond contact detection to electro-adhesion friction modulation, our technology translates digital intent into real physical sensations.
01

Sense

High-frequency surface arrays track touch coordinates, velocity vectors, and applied normal pressure at over 1000 Hz.
02

Process

Embedded edge processors correlate finger location with screen content, computing tactile waveform coefficients in under 2 milliseconds.
03

Signal

Specialized drivers send precision electrostatic voltage fields and micro-acoustic wave signals through the screen's conductive layer.
04

Respond

The user experiences friction changes, tactile texture transitions, edges, or Braille characters directly on the flat glass surface.
Innovations

Our Products

Our research team develops cutting-edge haptic and optical technologies that transform digital interfaces into intuitive, multi-sensory experiences.

RealFeel

RealFeel is HaptonTech's patented liquid-crystal coating platform. It renders texture, resistance and directional feedback on flat or curved surfaces. The technology layer that OEMs integrate into their own displays, wearables, and interior controls.

HapScreen

The world's first haptic-layered display that renders texture, resistance, and sensation in perfect synchrony with every pixel.
About Haptontech

Restoring the lost dimension of touch

Our digital lives are confined behind flat, cold glass. While resolution and frame rates have peaked, the tactile dimension has been entirely abandoned. We see the world, we hear it, but we can no longer feel it.
HaptonTech was founded on a singular obsession: to break the glass barrier. We spent years engineering a new class of haptic polymers—materials capable of dynamically raising, lowering, and pulsing under electrical stimulation without compromising optical clarity. The result is a tactile platform that restores physical texture to flat digital screens.
“The screen shouldn't be a wall between us and the digital world. It should be the physical manifestation of it.”
— Mert Astam, Founder & Visionary
Today, our RealFeel haptic technology and HapScreen tactile accessibility solutions are paving the way for a future where every interface is textured, every button delivers real physical confirmation, and those who rely on touch can navigate the digital world seamlessly.
2023
Founded in Eindhoven
8
Core Patents Filed & Granted

Dr. Mert O. Astam

Founder & Visionary
Material scientist and deep-tech entrepreneur with academic roots at Imperial College London and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).

Where Touch Creates Real Value

From haptic touchscreens to next-generation Braille displays, our technology transforms industries where the sense of touch creates measurable value.

Gaming

Feel every surface, texture, and impact in immersive gaming experiences.

Accessibility

Next-generation Braille displays with real-time tactile rendering.

Automotive

Touch-responsive dashboard controls that keep eyes on the road, not the screen.

AR/VR

Haptic gloves and surfaces that bring virtual objects to life.
Trajectory & Impact

Pioneering Touch Technology

From academic fellowship validation to international industry keynotes and active partner pilots, our technology is rapidly advancing toward accessible consumer and enterprise adoption.
2025National Innovation Benchmark

Listed in the KVK Innovatie Top 100

Recognized among the 100 most groundbreaking Dutch enterprises, acknowledging our electro-adhesion technology as a pivotal advancement in physical digital interaction.
Deep-Tech GrantDutch Research Council

Founder Mert Astam Awarded NWO Faculty of Impact Fellowship

Awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to empower top university spin-offs, financing full-time commercial development and industrial scaling of our tactile actuation architecture.
Pilot DeploymentAssistive Technology Integration

Active Pilot Program with HableOne

Collaborating closely with leading assistive technology manufacturer HableOne to field-test dynamic touch feedback in day-to-day Braille navigation devices for visually impaired users.
2025 KeynoteSuzhou, China · Global Stage

Presented at the Spatial Intelligent Display Industry Summit

CEO Mert Astam delivered an invited presentation to Tier-1 display manufacturers and photonics pioneers, demonstrating how solid-state tactile surfaces can integrate into standard glass manufacturing lines.
50x Cost AdvantageCore Market Disruption

Democratizing Accessibility Displays at Scale

Current mechanical refreshable tactile displays cost upwards of €25,000, limiting accessibility to specialized institutions. Our solid-state surface coating eliminates expensive mechanical actuators, enabling tactile screens at up to 50x lower manufacturing cost.
COLLABORATION & ECOSYSTEM

Our Partners & Collaborators

From leading academic spin-off research at TU Eindhoven to co-development pilots and OEM exploration across automotive, mobile, and accessibility.
Academic & R&D Partner
Deeptech Incubator
Accessibility Pilot Partner
Automotive UI Exploration
Hardware & PC Partner
Endorsement Partner
Display Tech Partner
Mobile OEM Partner
Development Partner
CONTACT

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