<![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://gizmodo.com Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:40:07 EST Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:40:07 EST http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844882 Ummm, am I the only person who saw the picture of the chick and thought... "Oh my, time to cue the joystick jokes?"

In 4chan fashion
>> IN BEFORE JOYSTICK!!!

matrixhax0r

]]> 4:228712:c844882 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:40:07 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844653 Hows about something like this for 3d apps? Would it work well with Maya?

telliott

]]> 4:228712:c844653 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:48:36 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844454 We have a bunch of similar devices at work with pen-like controllers which are used for 3-D sculpting, but they're nowhere near the price of this one (I've been told the price in £UK is the low end of 5-figures).

If all the tech suddenly got a hell of a lot cheaper, it's going to be great for anyone wanting to dabble in this sort of design.

Incidentally, it's a very surreal feeling running the control point over a virtual textured surface and feeling the same texture under your hands.

Guinny

]]> 4:228712:c844454 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:58:31 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844426 cool idea... way too $$$... and that grip looks odd and uncomfy

red97vette

]]> 4:228712:c844426 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:50:26 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844284 I like the idea, but I have to wonder how robust this thing will be over the long haul.
Many nights of FPS online fun later and all those mechanical joints and sensors are going to start loosening up methinks.

I'd still like to try it out before panning it completely though. -perhaps over many nights of FPS online fun!
It would have been fun to be on the testing team.

strider_mt2k

]]> 4:228712:c844284 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:18:36 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844203 Dang weatherman, glass is half empty this morning huh?

lightredfloyd

]]> 4:228712:c844203 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:55:21 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844193 The cool thing about the Falcon is... <image of hot chick>

I like how you formatted that. :)

Screw the game thingy, what about those muffins? (I mean the ones in the background of the first photo.)

SpudMills

]]> 4:228712:c844193 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:52:01 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844165 The number peripherals dedicated to gaming that have launched and failed within the last 10 years is huge. They all fail for one of three reasons; they fail to provide a significantly better gaming experience, they are too expensive, or they lack support from developers. This device clearly fails for reasons 2 and 3, and probably 1 as well. Especially with competitive gaming, where people actually care to spend that kind of money on a peripheral, this device actually makes things worse not better. For all the love this is getting, it's DOA.

weatherman

]]> 4:228712:c844165 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:47:18 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844152 Sorry, it would just be too weird to fire a gun from a 'handshake' grip. Who shoots a gun like that? On the screen the gun is held (virtually held of course)in a 'gun-like' grip, not a 'handshake' grip.

Freebadeebadingdong

]]> 4:228712:c844152 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:45:26 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844079 I used a similar device at my university's virtual reality centre - http://www.sensable.com/haptic-phantom-desktop.htm

It is incredible how much true haptic feedback provides in a virtual environment. That said; I doubt this 3D game controller will be providing the level of feedback the Phantom was, given that it's going to be 1/100th of the price.

Anjow

]]> 4:228712:c844079 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:30:39 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c844015 huygir, Im sure you can, you know, turn it off!

But that does look pretty interesting, and its neat to see more imersion in games! Goodbye social life! woooo!

Bob_Shinoski

]]> 4:228712:c844015 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:14:19 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c843926 Well, this isn't aimed at those who want to increase their frag numbers, it's for those looking for immersion and realism.

Adamantite

]]> 4:228712:c843926 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:51:53 EST <![CDATA[Hands On with Novint's 3D Game Controller]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/hands-on-with-novints-3d-game-controller-228712.php#c843880 Why do you think the military has invested so much $$ in recoil-less guns?

Force feedback (or any artificial motion feedback) for guns is ridiculous - huge reduction in speed and accuracy for "realism"... Great for flight simulators, waste of money for FPS.

huygir

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