Apple began experimenting more intensively with Force Touch technology, and the new patent suggests that what we will find today on the new MacBook13″ MacBooku Pro, is just the beginning. According to the new patent, the future generation of Force Touch could imitate various surfaces and materials, not only thanks to vibrations, but also thanks to changing temperature trackpadat. An ideal example in this case could be working with CAD programs or Photoshop, where you would apply a wooden texture.
If these programs were enriched with Force Touch support, the technology would allow you to feel materials directly on the touchpad and you would feel the bumpy surface when working with it. On the contrary, if you were working with metal materials, the touchpad would not vibrate at all, but it would be significantly cooler than with wood. There is even a possibility that the touchpad would heat up depending on how intensively you work with the given material and would gradually "cool down". Vibrations should work both horizontally and vertically, using a Peltier cell hidden under the surface to simulate temperature trackpadat. On the other hand, the patent comes quite late, considering that Apple removed all skeuomorphism from OS X Yosemite. On the other hand, some experts in the field expressed the opinion that Flat design is only a momentary trend and due to the fact that in some cases the buttons start to disappear in the stereotypical design, the world will gradually return to skeuomorphism and glossy environments, but in a renewed form.
*Source: 9to5mac
