 merging photonics and haptics, an optically driven display for refreshable tactile graphics. The demonstration features a 16 by 16 centimeter surface haptic display, distinguished by its array of 1500 independently controllable haptic pixels. When incident light from the optical source stimulates each haptic pixel, it induces a rapid transient heating. This heating translates into mechanical work, which is perceptible as a tactile output. On the right, you see a side view of a single pixel, which is 3 millimeters in diameter, as it undergoes actuation over the course of 50 milliseconds. In this slow down video, you see a single light source actuate a pre-programmed subset of the pixel array.