| Business Summary | | Immersion
Corporation
develops
hardware
and
software
technologies
that
enable
users
to
interact
with
computers
using
their
sense
of
touch.
The
Company's
patented
technologies,
which
are
branded
TouchSense,
enable
devices
such
as
mice,
joysticks,
knobs
and
medical
simulation
products
to
deliver
tactile
sensations
that
correspond
to
on-screen
events.
The
Company
focuses
on
four
application
areas:
computing
and
entertainment;
medical
simulation;
professional
and
industrial;
and
three-dimensional
capture
and
interaction.
With
respect
to
high-volume
applications
of
its
technologies,
such
as
computer
peripherals
and
automotive
interfaces,
the
Company
primarily
licenses
its
touch-enabling
technologies
to
third-party
manufacturers. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | IMMR
develops
hardware
and
software
technologies
that
enable
users
to
interact
with
computers
using
their
sense
of
touch.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/30/01,
total
revenues
increased
54%
to
$9.6
million.
Net
loss
increased
15%
to
$9.7
million.
Revenues
reflect
an
increase
in
sales
of
Touchsense
licenses
and
microprocessors.
Higher
loss
reflects
the
increase
in
headcount
and
related
expenses,
and
lower
interest
income
due
to
cash
investment
reductions. | More
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Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Louis Rosenberg, Ph.D., 31 Chairman | $212K | $1.4M | Robert O'Malley, 55 Pres,
CEO, Director | 42K | -- | Victor Viegas, 43 CFO,
VP-Fin. | 169K | -- | J. Stuart Mitchell, 47 Exec.
VP, Bus. Groups | 265K | -- | Bruce Schena, 36 VP,
CTO | 174K | 1.1M | Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
| More
from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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