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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001250505-07-000003.txt : 20070307
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070307173158
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001250505-07-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070305
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070307
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070307

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			IMMERSION CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001058811
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC [3577]
		IRS NUMBER:				943180138
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		801 FOX LANE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4084671900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		801 FOX LANE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95131

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	IMMERSION HUMAN INTERFACE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980602

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HODGMAN JOHN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001212689

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27969
		FILM NUMBER:		07678715

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14737 EASTVIEW DRIVE
		CITY:			LOS GATOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95032
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4083952531

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O IMMERSION CORP
		STREET 2:		801 FOX LN.
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95131
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-03-05</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001058811</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>IMMERSION CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>IMMR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001212689</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HODGMAN JOHN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>801 FOX LANE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN JOSE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>95131</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>9.04</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-03-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.04</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-02-29</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-03-05</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The stock option grant vests as to 25% of the total number of shares on 2/29/08.  Beginning 2/29/08, and monthly until 2/28/11, the stock option grant will vest at the rate of one forty-eighth of the total options granted (rounded down to the nearest whole number).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Stephen Ambler  For: John Hodgman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-03-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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