![]() ![]() To really keep this guy happy you probably need larger trackpad, but I’ve never felt the steam controller lacking in that sense personally. I don’t think it will be a big issue to accommodate, though would I think it forces the design towards you holding at least that side of the controller more palm up – as that seems the way to allow a larger ball and comfortable movements for the thumb (and you want a larger ball for the larger precision aim travel and so the curvature isn’t too extreme for the thumb to follow comfortably – either that or a pretty small ball were most inputs will be flick and brake with only a small amount of precision aim travel – which will probably work great too thinking about it (how I usually use my steam controller)).Īll that said I’m not sure it can really best the steam controller’s rather neat trackpads – best of all worlds, able to play joystick, trackball, trackpad, or button pads (the only big downside being the brain bending nature of having something that feels the same behaving in a completely different way, takes a while to get used to every time you change). The only challenge for a gamepad format is how big you can make the ball and still sink it into the controller enough to be comfortable to use – Though a larger ball gives a larger range of ‘precision aim’ before you have to take your thumb/finger off the surface it also will add mass that could make it a bit fatiguing to use, and you still need all the space for the ball inside. And shouldn’t loose out in precision aim over that method either, or at least not by enough to make the hassle of that thumb disk worth it… Trackballs have a few advantages – like you can flick them and if the friction is low enough/ the ball high enough inertia they just keep rolling – so going for those longer movements is easy. Seems backwards to have a thumb disk in that dish rather than a trackball arrangement to me. Very interesting, I’d love to try it, maybe it really will change my thoughts below. Posted in Peripherals Hacks Tagged game console, game controller, keyboard and mouse hack Post navigation If you are interested in working with him, be sure to get in touch! Modding controllers for fun and performance are great, but for gamers with prosthetic fingers it’s a requirement. ![]() is already working on V6, but feels close to the limit of his skills. ![]() For these situations, embedded a thumb stick on the back of the controller to allow for fast sideways movements using his middle fingers. While this “thumb mouse” has excellent precision, it can be a bit slow when you need to make large movements, like when performing 360° no scopes for the clips. It had slightly too much friction for ’s liking, so he embedded an array of small ball bearings in the surface using magnets. The concave surface was made from the diffuser of a large LED light bulb. On V4 he flipped the optical sensor around, embedding it in the controller, with a small circular “mouse pad” attached to his thumb. However, found that one’s thumb doesn’t work well for traversing a large flat surface, but works better with a concave surface. Mouse Pro Controller V1-3‘s main focus was to create the largest possible moving surface for an optical thumb mouse for precision aiming. His latest Mouse Pro Controller V5 features an inverted mouse riding on ball bearings. has been working to create a controller that’s the best of both worlds. Controller vs keyboard and mouse is one of the never-ending battles in the world of gaming, with diehard proponents on both sides of the fence. ![]()
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