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Back in 2006, a small East Texas games company, Anascape, has sued Nintendo and Microsoft, claiming that the two companies had infringed on their patents when they had developed controllers for their gaming consoles. The Texan company had filed for a patent back in 2000 (probably for this one) for a "3D controller wi... |
15 May 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Ever since the console war has gone next-gen, different rumors started to be heard. Some of them were aimed at the Xbox 360 controller, the only one in the war that had no idea what "motion sensitive" meant. It seems that things are going to change and Microsoft has finally decided to take a new step forward.Accordin... |
8 April 2008
02:30 GMT |
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Emotiv is a neuro-engineering company that claims to have created a brain computer interface that reads electrical impulses in the brain and translates them into commands which a video game can accept. The device was demonstrated at the Game Developers Conference and, although interesting, the technology seems to s... |
20 February 2008
08:13 GMT |
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Most of you probably see no reason why the Wiimote and Nunchuck should be merged into an one-handed controller and this means that you are one of the happy. But life was not as good with everybody, so there are people with certain handicaps that can't fully enjoy the so beloved gaming experience. And this is the... |
19 February 2008
05:57 GMT |
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This report just came in saying that Reachin Technologies and Paradox Interactive have announced today an agreement to embed HaptX in Paradox Interactive's upcoming first-person horror title Penumbra: Black Plague. Using the Novint Falcon controller, powered by the Haptics Engine, gamers can physically feel thei... |
9 January 2008
06:49 GMT |
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Here it is boys and girls, the DualShock 3 controller for use with the PlayStation 3 console from Sony. These are images of the thing officially released by Sony Computer Entertainment today and, as you can see, there's no visible difference whatsoever between it and the SIXAXIS. Grabbing one however should "fee... |
9 January 2008
06:10 GMT |
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How would you like to play World of Warcraft with an Xbox 360 controller, sitting back in your chair watching the action on your big LCD monitor with not a tense muscle in your body? Blue Orb has just made available this nifty solution for PC gamers and MMO fans especially, allowing them to play games such as WoW wit... |
9 January 2008
05:32 GMT |
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We're not advertising anything here, unless you count letting everyone know about a funny error as advertising a product. Turns out that Doc from SarcasticGamer.com took a ride at the local Wal-Mart for some shopping only to find out that next-gen world had turned upside down. One of Microsoft's displays s... |
3 January 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Still own a PS2? Don't think you're not still keeping up with the times. Check this out: sunflex Europe have just rolled out two Zero G Controllers, wireless and motion-sensitive respectively, for use with the PlayStation 2 from Sony. Just when you were thinking to get yourself a nice Wii console, right?Don... |
6 December 2007
06:23 GMT |
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Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the availability of their new product, the S1R72V18, a USB controller LSI product that supports the USB 2.0 High Speed Mode standard (480 Mbps). Taking advantage of the low power consumption inherited from the S1R72V series, the chip features isochronous transfer mode (The USB ... |
4 December 2007
09:48 GMT |
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The external SATA technology, recently introduced on the market, extended the users' possibility to connect external SATA hard-disks. The USB drives no longer represent a novelty, with their cheap price and, let's face it, lower performance in the context of the current needs. We are living in the high-defi... |
21 November 2007
05:19 GMT |
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Care to win Joe Perry's Guitar Hero III Guitar? Sure you do and VH1 Game Break says that all you have to do is write down a few words and say which Legend of Rock you'd like to play Guitar Hero III with, and of course give some arguments.Originally posted by VH1 Game Break: If you're someone who peruse... |
1 November 2007
09:58 GMT |
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I bet that the title of this article has puzzled you to the point of starting to wonder if I've ever seen a joystick in my entire life. Don't worry, as I've seen plenty of controllers till now, but none of them as original as the one I'm about to describe. "Massage me" is not your average SIXAXIS... |
10 October 2007
10:18 GMT |
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Highpoint announced the launch of a very fast Serial ATA and RAID controller, the Rocket RAID 2522, that is able to handle a data transferring rate of 1.2GB per second and thus it is well suited for applications where large data volumes are moved from one place to another and where low data access times are essential... |
8 October 2007
04:19 GMT |
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VIA Technologies just announced a partnership with the QSound Labs company, one of the leading providers of audio and voice software applications, that is aimed at providing a superior sound technology that can be used with Microsoft Windows Vista enabled computer systems, including multimedia, laptop and desktop pla... |
26 September 2007
08:21 GMT |
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Here's the news PlayStation 3 fans worldwide were hoping to stumble upon. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has just revealed to the press that they'll be releasing the DualShock3 controller for the company's latest console, incorporating the long awaited rumble feature. However, Sony has confirmed the ... |
20 September 2007
07:10 GMT |
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Stuff like new handheld skins or new controllers for consoles such as Sony's PS2, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii always make good news. Unfortunately, as good as the news about the Wii's additional controllers are, the controllers themselves proved to be not so user-friendly. Not even the... |
17 September 2007
03:58 GMT |
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Well, that's a really weird piece of news forwarded to me by one colleague: El Lechero. Well, for those who know nada sobre el espaņol, "el lechero" means the milkman or the milker... and no, I won't tell you about cows and other cattle but restrain myself to the MIDI domain... even if playing El Lechero lo... |
24 August 2007
10:47 GMT |
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Nintendo's latest invention is called "Hori's Fighting Stick" and it's a funny looking joystick, that has nothing in common with the Wiimote or the Nunchuck. This arcade controller is designed for Nintendo's top-selling console, the Wii and it will hit the stores on August 30, in Japan. The bad n... |
23 August 2007
03:32 GMT |
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It hasn't been more than two months since we were welcoming the newest controller from Novation, the Remote SL, the first controller that automapped itself and "knew" what's happening with the corresponding functions in a DAW software. The integration went as far as Reason 3, Cubase SE/SL/SX 3 and 4, Nuendo... |
17 August 2007
03:02 GMT |
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In the middle of the battle for market shares, processor price and power efficiency and just about everything else, AMD is trying to outmaneuver its rival in the very market segment where Intel reigns supreme because of its Xeon quad core processor family. Simply put, AMD is going to double the total memory handling ... |
25 July 2007
04:52 GMT |
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Now, the youngsters could easily look in a frown at me and other "old guys" as we publicly ask ourselves whether Yamaha have gone wacko or not. Not that they have done something that weird that we are left speechless and after coming back to our senses questions start pouring in... It's just one of the new bass ... |
20 July 2007
11:56 GMT |
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I've been playing guitar for 14 years now and hell, no! I know that many eyes will turn on me in anger as I say that Guitar Hero and the new crap, Rock Band suck big time. I simply don't agree with the idea of acting stupid and calling this a great deal of fun. Indeed, I first thought that Guitar Hero will ... |
20 June 2007
04:45 GMT |
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They first laughed when they saw it. They have then touched it, tweaked it and played it. And then they all bought it. Yep, it's the Monome, once more, with a nifty comeback, the 40h Special Edition that looks even better and neater.The Monome has extremely fast grown (around 1 year) to be one of the world'... |
6 June 2007
12:26 GMT |
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As if the Wiimote and its motion sensitivity feature wasn't enough to get people lifting their eyebrows with interest and intrigue, FRYS.com has up for sale the ultimate Wii hack and slash controller: the Asid Tech Sword and Shield kit, retailing for $29.99. Click on the picture to your left for a better look a... |
8 May 2007
10:05 GMT |
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Lefty? I say, are you a lefty? Left handed yeah. You are? Must suck with Guitar Hero controllers made only for right handed people huh? Well, if that's you, don't get too excited because Microsoft isn't releasing the new Guitar Hero controller for left handed players, but Kevin McArdle is, as a hobby.... |
2 May 2007
10:44 GMT |
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These days, the Digital Audio Workstations are becoming more and more complex as the music producers simply demand more from them, so their manufacturers simply have to comply. Now, using Cool Edit Pro some 5 or 6 years ago was one thing; using Ableton Live 6 or the latest Cubase version today is a completely differe... |
10 April 2007
07:11 GMT |
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We're living in the days when the analog synthesizers are true vintage and are used by legends/big names only, in search for old and extremely specific sounds no computer or plugin can replicate so far. The rest is pure tech and tech has a natural tendency to grow smaller, more efficient, more capable and more u... |
30 March 2007
06:53 GMT |
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I presume that 99.998% of the planetary audio runs on Windows and Mac; the rest is Linux, Symbian or whatever and most of the people really don't care about the rest. Now, I've been talking with one of my colleagues at work about why does Linux suck so much when it comes to audio; and the only answer close ... |
26 March 2007
06:13 GMT |
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