Rendering haptics on headphones with non-audio data

A haptically-enabled headphone system, comprising:

• a processor coupled to a data source device external to the haptically-enabled headphone system, the processor receiving non-audio data at the haptically-enabled headphone system from a data source device, the data source device being external to the haptically-enabled headphone system, and the data source device being a remote sensing device configured to detect a form of energy or a physical property and to generate the non-audio data based on the form of energy or the physical property;
• a haptic signal generator that generates a haptic signal at the haptically-enabled headphone system based on the non-audio data;
• and
• a haptic output device that renders a haptic effect specified in the haptic signal.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the operations comprising:

• receiving non-audio data at a haptically-enabled headphone system from a data source device, the data source device being external to the haptically-enabled headphone system, and the data source device being a remote sensing device configured to detect a form of energy or a physical property and to generate the non-audio data based on the form of energy or the physical property;
• generating a haptic signal at the haptically-enabled headphone system based on the non-audio data;
• and
• rendering a haptic effect specified in the haptic signal using a haptic output device within the haptically-enabled headphone system.