The HaptonTech mission
To enable every person to fully immerse themselves in the virtual world to enrich their lives in reality.
Origin
HaptonTech is a smart haptics and optics company, developing haptic screens, wearables and optic coatings based on liquid crystal material technologies. Born in the industry-oriented research environment at the Technical University of Eindhoven, HaptonTech is powered by research with 40 years of history. HaptonTech’s co-founder, Professor Dirk J. Broer pioneered HaptonTech’s technology together with his inventions in the field of liquid crystal displays (LCD) during his prestigious career at Phillips, where he became Vice-President Research.
The HaptonTech Value Proposition
HaptonTech offers its customers deeper immersion into the virtual world through haptic screens, wearables and optic coatings to communicate between person and devices. HaptonTech achieves this by providing high-resolution tactile and optical communication in a compact thin-film. HaptonTech complements its material-to-device vision with innovations in robotics; we are happy to share our expertise and knowledge with you as consultants or partners.
Dr. Mert O. Astam
Dr. Mert O. Astam is a materials scientist and engineering with degrees from Imperial College London and the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e). He is interested in turning revolutionary polymer smart material into electrically driven devices, seeking to extract the benefits to society of this technology. He pursues this interest further as the CEO HaptonTech.
