The Verge Names Haply’s MinVerse One of the Most Fun Technologies at CES 2026
The Verge selected our MinVerse haptic mouse as the “Most Fun” technology in its CES 2026 awards.
The recognition followed a hands-on visit to the Haply booth, where the publication experienced demonstrations involving haptics, robotic control, simulated materials, and three-dimensional sculpting.
Among a show filled with robots, displays, connected devices, and AI-powered products, MinVerse stood out by making digital interaction feel physical.
A different way to work in 3D
Traditional computer mice are designed primarily for two-dimensional movement across a screen.
Three-dimensional design presents a different challenge. Creators work with width, height, depth, volume, and surface characteristics, but often control those forms using a flat input device.
We designed MinVerse as a compact three-dimensional haptic mouse that makes digital interaction feel more natural.
Users can move through a 3D workspace and receive force feedback from compatible applications. This allows them to feel contact with digital models instead of relying exclusively on visual feedback.
Feeling a digital model
When MinVerse is used with compatible three-dimensional design software, users can physically interact with the form while working.
The device responds as the virtual tool reaches the model. This can help users recognize surfaces, explore shapes, and make adjustments through a combination of sight, movement, and touch.
The experience can feel closer to shaping a physical material than operating a conventional cursor.
Touch does not replace the visual and technical capabilities of the software. It adds another way to understand the model and the relationship between the tool and the digital material.
MinVerse and Geomagic Freeform
At CES 2026, we demonstrated MinVerse with Geomagic Freeform.
The integration allows users to combine three-dimensional movement with force feedback while sculpting digital forms.
As the user interacts with the model, MinVerse can communicate contact and resistance through the device. This creates a more tactile relationship with the digital material and can make the workflow easier to understand through direct experience.
The demonstration showed how haptics can support creative and technical workflows without requiring users to rely only on a screen and conventional mouse.
Making haptic interaction more approachable
Professional haptic systems have traditionally been associated with specialized laboratories and advanced technical environments.
With MinVerse, we bring three-dimensional input and force feedback into a compact desktop format.
This makes it relevant to a broader range of users and settings, including digital sculptors and designers, students and educators, researchers, makers, creative technologists, and teams exploring three-dimensional interaction.
Our objective is to make haptic interaction available to more people and workflows.
Why the CES recognition matters
The Verge’s response illustrates something important about haptics: it is often easiest to understand through direct experience.
A specification can describe force feedback or three-dimensional movement. The value becomes clearer when a user feels the boundary of a digital model, presses into a simulated material, or interacts with virtual content through touch.
That immediate understanding is one reason MinVerse became a memorable part of The Verge’s CES experience.
Expanding tactile creation
We are working with software and technology partners to bring force-feedback interaction into more creative, educational, and technical workflows.
The MinVerse integration with Geomagic Freeform demonstrates how haptics can help make digital sculpting more direct and approachable.
As integrations continue to expand, we believe touch can become a more familiar part of how people create and learn in three dimensions.
Read The Verge’s CES awards
MinVerse was selected as “Most Fun” in The Verge’s CES 2026 awards. Read the original article to explore The Verge’s complete selection of technologies from the event.
Original source
https://www.theverge.com/tech/858494/ces-2026-best-new-tech-tv-car-wearable
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