Immersion Corp – ‘S-3’ on 1/3/01 – EX-5.1

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Registration Statement for Securities Offered Pursuant to a Transaction   —   Form S-3
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-3         Registration Statement for Securities Offered         25    127K 
                          Pursuant to a Transaction                              
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion re: Legality                                   2     11K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                          1      6K 
 4: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                          1      5K 

EX-5.1   —   Opinion re: Legality

EX-5.1
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                                                                     Exhibit 5.1
[Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe Letterhead]

January 2, 2001 

Immersion Corporation                                                           
801 Fox Lane                                                                    
San Jose, California 95131                                                      

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:                                                           

   We have acted as counsel to Immersion Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Immersion"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the   
"Registration Statement") which Immersion proposes to file with the Securities  
and Exchange Commission on or about January 3, 2001 for the purpose of          
registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 259,130 shares of its 
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Shares"), issued pursuant to the  
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 28, 2000 (the "Merger            
Agreement"), among Immersion, VT Acquisition, Inc., Virtual Technologies, Inc.  
and James F. Kramer as representative of Virtual Technologies' then             
shareholders.                                                                   

    We have assumed the authenticity of all records, documents and instruments
submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal      
capacity of natural persons and the conformity to the originals of all records, 
documents and instruments submitted to us as copies.                            

     In rendering our opinion, we have examined the following records, documents
and instruments:                                                                

 (a)  The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Immersion
         certified by the Delaware Secretary of State as of December 12, 2000,
        and certified to us by an officer of Immersion as being complete and
in full force and effect as of the date of this opinion;    

 (b)  The Amended and Restated Bylaws of Immersion certified to us by an
          officer of Immersion as being complete and in full force and effect as
of the date of this opinion;                                

(c)  A certificate of an officer of Immersion (i) attaching records   
          certified to us as constituting all records of proceedings and actions
  of the Board of Directors, including any committee thereof, of
  Immersion relating to the Shares, the Merger Agreement and the
     Registration Statement, and (ii) certifying as to certain factual
matters;                                                    

(d)  The Registration Statement;                                      

(e)  The Merger Agreement; and                                        

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Immersion Corporation                                                           
January 2, 2001                                                                 
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(f)  A letter from Boston Equiserve, Immersion's transfer agent, dated
       December 28, 2000, as to the number of shares of Immersion's Common
Stock that were outstanding on December 27, 2000.           

    This opinion is limited to the federal law of the United States of America
and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we disclaim any   
opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. We further disclaim any       
opinion as to any other statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, order or other    
promulgation of any other jurisdiction or any regional or local governmental    
body or as to any related judicial or administrative opinion.                   

     Based upon the foregoing and our examination of such questions of law as we
have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion, it is our 
opinion that the Shares have been legally issued and are fully paid and         
nonassessable.                                                                  

This opinion is rendered to you in connection with the Registration   
Statement and is solely for your benefit. This opinion may not be relied upon by
you for any other purpose, or relied upon by any other person, firm, corporation
or other entity for any purpose, without our prior written consent. We disclaim 
any obligation to advise you of any change of law that occurs, or any facts of  
which we may become aware, after the date of this opinion.                      

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the  
Registration Statement.                                                         

               Very truly yours,

                             Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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This ‘S-3’ Filing		Date		First		Last			Other Filings
Filed on:		1/3/01		1					8-K
		1/2/01		1		2
		12/28/00		2
		12/27/00		2
		12/12/00		1
		7/28/00		1
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