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Haptic Studio

The desktop editor for haptic trailers.

Haptic Studio is where film teams and creators author Apple Core Haptics (.ahap) locked to video or music — AI draft, hand-finish, live phone preview, then export or publish to Aura.

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Overview

What Haptic Studio is

Haptic Studio is the professional desktop editor for Apple Core Haptics (.ahap) locked to video or music. Film teams and creators import a cut, generate editable haptic timelines with local AI, refine intensity and sharpness by hand, preview on a live phone, then export .ahap or publish to Aura.

Theatrical trailers and action scenes lose impact on phones. Studio exists so production and marketing teams can author synchronized Core Haptics the same way they finish picture — with a timeline, versions, and device preview before release.

Projects live as local .hvproj bundles. Media is probed with FFmpeg. Haptics are authored on a DAW-style timeline (events + intensity/sharpness curves), generated from audio via an optional ML sidecar or DSP fallback, then streamed to HapticCore Preview over Wi‑Fi for feel-before-you-ship validation.

  1. 1

    Studio

    Author & refine .ahap

  2. 2

    Preview

    Feel on device over LAN

  3. 3

    Aura

    Publish for audiences

  • Frame-accurate haptic timeline with full manual control
  • Local AI draft that stays editable — never a black box
  • Live Core Haptics preview on iPhone and Android companions
  • Export real Apple .ahap or publish finished cuts to Aura
  • Video projects, Music Mode, and Shorts-aware workflows

Who it's for

Built for production teams and creators

From trailer houses to independent filmmakers — anyone who needs synchronized Core Haptics on a cut.

  • Movie production & post teams

    Author haptic layers for trailers, teasers, and key scenes with versioned local projects and publish into Aura Worlds.

  • Trailer editors

    Lock haptics to picture with a program monitor, snap, markers, and frame-accurate playhead while you finish the cut.

  • Sound & haptic designers

    Sculpt intensity and sharpness curves, import existing .ahap, and treat events like a DAW treats clips and automation.

  • Video & post-production

    Keep picture and feel in sync — Studio is haptic-first, video-locked playback, not a general nonlinear video editor.

  • Creators, YouTubers & indie filmmakers

    Import vertical Shorts or music tracks, auto-generate a draft, refine hits, preview on your phone, and publish when ready.

  • Marketing teams

    Ship haptic-enabled trailers and scenes for campaigns — Studio authors the feel; Aura distributes to audiences.

Editing workflow

From import to publish

A step-by-step guide to the Phase 1 Studio pipeline — haptic-first, video- or music-locked, local projects.

  1. 1

    Create a project

    Start from the Home dashboard. Create a video or music project, resume recent work, and let Shorts mode auto-detect vertical cuts.

    • New project from the Home library or ⌘K command palette
    • Video projects lock the timeline to picture; Music Mode uses audio as primary media
    • Shorts auto-detect for vertical clips (tall aspect, ≤180s) with a 9:16 preview frame
    • Favorites, pins, and archive keep the project library organized locally
  2. 2

    Import media

    Bring in the footage or track you’ll lock haptics to, plus any existing Apple .ahap patterns.

    • Import video for trailer and scene workflows
    • Import audio for Music Mode projects
    • Import and validate existing .ahap files
    • Batch import from Home; media is probed with FFmpeg/FFprobe
    • Assets stay in the local .hvproj bundle — not a cloud media library
  3. 3

    Edit the haptic timeline

    Work on a canvas timeline built for Core Haptics — events, curves, markers, and a video-locked program monitor.

    • Haptic track with transient and continuous events
    • Intensity and sharpness parameter curves with keyframes
    • Markers, snap, zoom, and follow-playhead scrolling
    • Undo/redo and keyboard shortcuts for precision edits
    • Not a full NLE — clip merge/split and multi-video layering are out of scope
  4. 4

    Work with audio

    Keep picture, waveform, and feel aligned. Music Mode and the ML audio-tagging lane help you generate and review candidates.

    • Waveform synced to the playhead in the program monitor
    • Music Mode Auto Generate — beat/bass-aligned DSP (no ML required)
    • SFX workflows use the ML sidecar with an audio-tagging lane for kept/rejected candidates
    • Dialogue and music beds are considered so impacts stay readable
    • Studio is not a general audio mixer — focus is haptic generation and sync
  5. 5

    Haptic editing & AI

    Draft with Auto Generate, then hand-finish every hit. Save in-project haptic version snapshots as you iterate.

    • Auto Generate (SFX): local PANNs + Silero VAD sidecar, with DSP fallback
    • Apply or discard AI drafts; every event remains fully editable
    • Manual sculpting of intensity and sharpness curves
    • Haptic version snapshots — save, restore, rename, and compare inside the project
    • Fullscreen haptic editor and event inspector for detailed work
  6. 6

    Live preview

    Stream playback and haptics to HapticCore Preview on a phone over local Wi‑Fi before you publish.

    • LAN session host from Studio to HapticCore Preview (iPhone / Android)
    • Video + haptic timeline streaming; Music Mode supported on Preview
    • Feel Core Haptics on device while the playhead runs in Studio
    • Best results on a physical phone on the same network
  7. 7

    Export and publish

    Save local projects, export Apple .ahap, or run the publish wizard to upload finished cuts to Aura.

    • Save versioned .hvproj bundles on disk
    • Export validated .ahap for Apple Core Haptics pipelines
    • Publish wizard: auth, World selection, metadata, validate, upload
    • Shorts mode prefills publish video type when detected
    • Phase 1 cloud is publish/upload — not bidirectional project sync

Core features

What ships today

Timeline authoring, AHAP I/O, live preview, and Aura publish — the production toolkit for haptic cuts.

  • Video-locked editing

    Program monitor synced to the playhead so picture and haptics stay aligned while you edit.

  • Audio & Music Mode

    Import audio as primary media, generate beat-aligned haptics with DSP, and review waveforms alongside the timeline.

  • Haptic timeline

    Events, intensity/sharpness curves, markers, snap, zoom, and keyframes on a Pixi.js canvas timeline.

  • Project management

    Local .hvproj library with favorites, pins, archive, resume, and ⌘K command palette on Home.

  • AHAP import & export

    Import, validate, and export real Apple .ahap patterns via the ahap-core engine.

  • Live device preview

    Stream to HapticCore Preview over Wi‑Fi to feel Core Haptics before you ship.

  • Publish to Aura

    Authenticated publish wizard uploads finished haptic cuts to Aura Worlds, trailers, and Shorts.

  • Local asset bundles

    Media and haptic data live in versioned project bundles on disk — portable and offline-friendly.

Advanced features

AI, Shorts, and pro shell

Shipped capabilities beyond the core timeline — local ML, version snapshots, and desktop pro layouts.

  • AI-assisted haptic generation

    Local ML sidecar (PANNs + Silero) drafts category-aware .ahap events from the soundtrack; DSP fallback if ML is unavailable.

  • Automatic haptic drafts

    One-click Auto Generate for SFX video or Music Mode, then apply, discard, or hand-finish every event.

  • Shorts-aware workflow

    Auto-detect vertical short-form, show a 9:16 phone frame, and prefill publish video type.

  • Haptic version snapshots

    Save, restore, rename, and compare haptic versions inside the project while you iterate.

  • Split-mode multi-monitor

    Pro shell layouts for timeline and program monitor across displays.

  • Desktop notifications

    Home inbox and system notifications for background tasks like AI, import, and upload progress.

Roadmap

Coming soon

Phase 2 and later. These items appear as shells or placeholders in the product — not available for production use yet.

  • Real-time collaborative editing

    Coming soon

    Multiple editors on one live session with shared presence. UI shells exist; live sessions are not shipped yet.

  • Cloud .hvproj sync

    Coming soon

    Bidirectional project sync into Aura cloud storage. Phase 1 is publish/upload only; sync is planned.

  • Improve Haptics & more AI tools

    Coming soon

    Improve Haptics, voice removal, scene detection, AI highlight, and thumbnail generator — marked Coming soon in Studio.

  • Live preview telemetry

    Coming soon

    Battery, latency, and FPS readouts during preview sessions.

  • Enterprise project lifecycle

    Coming soon

    Review / Live / Published / Scheduled states on Home with full backend workflow.

  • Shared preset library

    Coming soon

    Org-wide haptic presets and asset tags for trailer houses and post crews.

Teams today

How production teams use Studio now

Studio supports org-scoped accounts and publishing into shared Aura Worlds. Live multiplayer editing and cloud project sync are on the roadmap — not Phase 1.

  • Org-scoped auth

    Sign in with email OTP, Google, or Apple; switch organizations; tokens stored securely in the desktop keychain.

  • Shared Worlds via publish

    Team members publish finished haptic cuts into Aura Worlds and catalogs your org controls — not a shared live timeline.

  • Quotas & plans

    Org subscription tiers and upload quotas apply at publish time. See Docs for Studio & Admin plan details.

  • Local version tracking

    Haptic version snapshots and .hvproj bundles give per-artist iteration history on disk until cloud sync ships.

  • Asset sharing (today)

    Share exported .ahap files or published Aura content. In-app shared asset libraries are Coming soon.

  • Coming soon: live collaboration

    Real-time multi-editor sessions, permissions, and bidirectional project sync are planned for a later phase.

FAQ

Common questions

Ready to author haptics?

Download Haptic Studio, import a trailer or scene, and feel the cut on your phone before you publish.

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