LG are to develop mobile TV phones that vibrate in response to action on the screen. The LG tactile broadcast phones will respond to certain events on the TV, such as the ball hitting the back fo a net, or a car exploding, by vibrating at the same moment.

In addition, there’ll also be several LEDs plastered all over the phones that will pulsate in time to audio and visual content (in three dimensions, apparently!)

“We have developed new mobile phone technology which adds the sense of touch to the traditional modes of sight and hearing,” said LG Electronics spokesman Song Keun-Young.

Of course, in order to do this, the TV content must be encoded first to tell the phone when to vibrate, and LG are currently working with several content providers to do just this.

Not sure how useful such a feature will be, though. Mobile TV can be pretty tricky to watch at the best of times given the tiny screen size, but watching TV by holding a phone that then vibrates when anything happens might be even more irritating.

We’ll find out next year, when LG plans to release its new tactile broadcast phones.
[Source: PhysOrg]