The 'haptics' Top-Level Media Type

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 11
Abstract: This memo registers and documents the 'haptics' top-level media type, under which subtypes for representation formats for haptics may be registered. This document also serves as a registration for a set of subtypes, which are representative of some existing subtypes already in use.
Publication Date: 2025-03-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC9695
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9695
Author(s): Yeshwant K Muthusamy
Chris Ullrich
Keyword(s): Tactile, Vibrotactile, Kinesthetic

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10.1109-IEEESTD.2024.10555007 — IEEE-191811 EXTERNAL
ISO.14496-12.2022 — International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) ISO/IEC 14496–12:2022, “Information Technology-Coding of Audio-visual Objects-Part 12: ISO Base Media File Format”. EXTERNAL
ISO.23090-31.2025 — MPEG-Haptics-Coding EXTERNAL
sellcell, "How many mobile phones are sold each year?", <https://www.sellcell.com/how-many-mobile-phones-are-sold-each-year/>. EXTERNAL
MPEG, "Encoder Input Format for Haptics", MPEG 134 Meeting Document, 15 May 2021, <https://www.mpegstandards.org/standards/Explorations/40/>. EXTERNAL
D'Angelo, W., "PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2023 Worldwide Sales Comparison Charts Through December - Sales", VGChartz.com , <https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459672/ps5-vs-xbox-series-xs-vs-switch-2023-worldwide-sales-comparison-charts-through-december/>. EXTERNAL
Binarybox Studios, "Virtual reality market size 2023", LinkedIn, <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-reality-market-size-2023-binarybox-studios-dfbif/>. EXTERNAL
Backlinko, "iPhone Users and Sales Stats", <https://backlinko.com/iphone-users>. EXTERNAL
Apple Inc., "Representing haptic patterns in AHAP files", Apple Developer Documentation, <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corehaptics/representing_haptic_patterns_in_ahap_files>. EXTERNAL
IANA, "Application for a Media Type", <https://www.iana.org/form/media-types>. EXTERNAL
W3C, "Gamepad Extensions", W3C Editor's Draft, <https://w3c.github.io/gamepad/extensions.html>. EXTERNAL
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W3C.vibration.20161018 — W3C-Vibration EXTERNAL

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