EXHIBIT 10.9

                            FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE


I.   PARTIES AND DATE.

     This First Amendment to Lease (the "Amendment") dated March 17, 2004, is by
and between WW&LJ GATEWAYS, LTD., a California limited partnership ("Landlord")
and IMMERSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Tenant").

II.  RECITALS.

     On January 11, 2000, Landlord and Tenant entered into a lease ("Lease") for
space in a building located at 801 Fox Lane, San Jose, California ("Premises").

     Landlord and Tenant each desire to modify the Lease to extend the Lease
Term, to adjust the Basic Rent, and to make such other modifications as are set
forth in "III. MODIFICATIONS" next below.

III. MODIFICATIONS.

     A. Basic Lease Provisions. The Basic Lease Provisions are hereby amended as
follows:

          1.   Item 5 is hereby deleted in its entirety and substituted therefor
          shall be the following:

               "5. Lease Term: The Term of this Lease shall expire at midnight
               on June 30, 2010"

          2.   Item 6 is hereby amended by adding the following:

               "Commencing March 1, 2004, the Basic Rent shall be Forty Seven
               Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($47,668.00) per month,
               based on $1.00 per rentable square foot.

               Commencing June 19, 2005, the Basic Rent shall be Thirty Five
               Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-One Dollars ($35,751.00) per month,
               based on $.75 per rentable square foot.

               Commencing July 1, 2006, the Basic Rent shall be Thirty Six
               Thousand Seven Hundred Four Dollars ($36,704.00) per month, based
               on $.77 per rentable square foot.

               Commencing July 1,2007, the Basic Rent shall be Thirty Eight
               Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($38,134.00) per month,
               based on $.80 per rentable square foot.

               Commencing July 1, 2008, the Basic Rent shall be Thirty Nine
               Thousand Eighty-Eight Dollars ($39,088.00) per month, based on
               $.82 per rentable square foot.

               Commencing July 1, 2009, the Basic Rent shall be Forty Thousand
               Forty-One Dollars ($40,041.00) per month, based on $.84 per
               rentable square foot."


     B. Acceptance of Premises. Tenant acknowledges that the lease of the
Premises pursuant to this Amendment shall be on an "as-is" basis without further
obligation on Landlord's part as to improvements whatsoever.




IV.  GENERAL.

     A. Effect of Amendments. The Lease shall remain in full force and effect
except to the extent that it is modified by this Amendment.

     B. Entire Agreement. This Amendment embodies the entire understanding
between Landlord and Tenant with respect to the modifications set forth in "III.
MODIFICATIONS" above and can be changed only by a writing signed by Landlord and
Tenant.

     C. Counterparts. If this Amendment is executed in counterparts, each is
hereby declared to be an original; all, however, shall constitute but one and
the same amendment. In any action or proceeding, any photographic, photostatic,
or other copy of this Amendment may be introduced into evidence without
foundation.

     D. Defined Terms. All words commencing with initial capital letters in this
Amendment and defined in the Lease shall have the same meaning in this Amendment
as in the Lease, unless they are otherwise defined in this Amendment.

     E. Corporate and Partnership Authority. If Tenant is a corporation or
partnership, or is comprised of either or both of them, each individual
executing this Amendment for the corporation or partnership represents that he
or she is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment on behalf of the
corporation or partnership and that this Amendment is binding upon the
corporation or partnership in accordance with its terms.

     F. Expenses and Legal Fees. The provisions of the Lease respecting payment
of expenses and legal fees set forth in Section 14.6 shall also apply to this
Amendment.


V.   EXECUTION.

     Landlord and Tenant executed this Amendment on the date as set forth in "I.
PARTIES AND DATE." above.




LANDLORD:                                   TENANT:
                                         
WW&LJ GATEWAYS, LTD.,                       IMMERSION CORPORATION,
a California limited partnership            a Delaware corporation

By:     THE IRVINE COMPANY,
        as attorney-in-fact for
        WW&LJ Gateways, Ltd.
        And not on its own behalf



By: /s/ Donald S. McNutt                    By: /s/ Victor Viegas
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    Donald S. McNutt, Senior VicE           Name: Victor Viegas
    President Leasing, Office Properties    Title: President, CEO and CFO



By: /s/ Michael T. Bennett
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    Michael T. Bennett
    Vice President, Operations