Immersion Signs License Agreement with Tencent to Incorporate Haptics into Tencent Super NBA Game
26 October 2017 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
Immersion (Nasdaq: IMMR), the leading developer and licensor of
touch feedback technology, announced today that it has signed a
license agreement with Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company
Limited (“Tencent”). The agreement allows Tencent to include
software components of Immersion’s Haptic Gaming SDK to enhance its
new game, Tencent Super NBA, with creative tactile effects from
Immersion.
With Immersion’s Haptic Gaming SDK, Tencent can quickly add the
sense of touch to its mobile game, saving weeks of development time
and getting the best haptic performance in the industry. Within
Tencent Super NBA, Immersion’s high-quality touch effects enhance
the athletic sensation as players feel the action in the game.
“Augmenting sight and sound, high-quality touch effects make
gameplay more exciting and immersive,” said Shuo Liu, General
Manager of Immersion Greater China. “We are pleased to work with
Tencent to enhance its mobile games with haptics.”
About Immersion
Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR) is the leading innovator of
touch feedback technology, also known as haptics. The company
provides technology solutions for creating immersive and realistic
experiences that enhance digital interactions by engaging users’
sense of touch. With more than 2,500 issued or pending patents,
Immersion's technology has been adopted in more than 3 billion
digital devices, and provides haptics in mobile, automotive,
advertising, gaming, medical and consumer electronics products.
Immersion is headquartered in San Jose, California with offices
worldwide. Learn more at www.immersion.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" that
involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if
they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results
of Immersion Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.
All statements, other than the statements of historical fact,
are statements that may be deemed forward-looking statements,
including, but not limited to, statements regarding the benefits or
broad market appeal of Immersion’s touch feedback technology, the
ease of incorporating the Haptic Gaming SDK into a mobile game, the
continuing availability of mobile games that incorporate
Immersion’s touch effects, and the appeal of tactile effects to
mobile game players.
Immersion's actual results might differ materially from those
stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to risks
and uncertainties associated with Immersion's business, which
include, but are not limited to: unanticipated difficulties and
challenges encountered in product development efforts (including
with respect to Immersion’s touch feedback technology) by Immersion
and its licensees (including Tencent); unanticipated changes in the
mobile gaming industry; unanticipated difficulties and challenges
encountered in implementation efforts by Immersion’s licensees;
adverse outcomes in any future intellectual property-related
litigation and the costs related thereto; the effects of the
current macroeconomic climate; delay in or failure to achieve
adoption of or commercial demand for Immersion's products or third
party products incorporating Immersion's technologies; and a delay
in or failure to achieve the acceptance of touch feedback as an
exciting and immersive mobile gaming experience. Many of these
risks and uncertainties are beyond the control of Immersion.
For a more detailed discussion of these factors, and other
factors that could cause actual results to vary materially,
interested parties should review the risk factors listed in
Immersion's most current Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q, both of which
are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The
forward-looking statements in this press release reflect
Immersion's beliefs and predictions as of the date of this release.
Immersion disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking
statements as a result of financial, business, or any other
developments occurring after the date of this release.
Immersion and the Immersion logo are trademarks of Immersion
Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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