REvolve: A new type of controller

The REvolve is a controller with a slight difference, instead of the R analogue stick, it has been replaced with a trackball! Pretty cool huh.

The controller, is actually an improvement from it’s predece…… predeces…… Daddy. By making a big leap and changing it into the wireless generation, which is a big deal nowadays.

[PopRocks359]

I remember seeing a supposed controller design for the Steambox with two of those tracking spheres instead of one. Seems interesting, but it would probably take a lot of getting used to.

[Lone_Man]

oh ..so steam box have 2 of them... oohk now i get it why they dont feel a kick.

[Veni Vidi Vici]

I think what he's talking about is more similar to the PS3 Move. They use two wands that work off of electromagnetism instead of a camera.

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[Qrphe]

This is what the consoles should be offering as an alternative but oh well. I know the DS4 will have a touchpad but nothing compares to the accuracy of a trackball (even more precise than mice); it's the only thing the Pippin got somewhat right.

I had been following this controller; I just hope they work out the drivers and the buttons get mapped properly into a game such Dust 514 to try out for the hell of it (the PS3 can even recognize as a controller what's in the attached image).

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[imahustla19]

This could go either way.either its really accurate and good or not.the trackball might make it hard to snap all the way to the side of the screen tho depends on the sensitivity i guess.you could always just go get a mouse and keyboard that works with ps3,there kinda rare to find in a store but they exist.

[Veni Vidi Vici]

Just about any M+KB will work with the PS3. The issue is whether the game will support it. The only game I know that supported it was Unreal Tournament 3.

[imahustla19]

Yea but there's a few out there that let you use the mouse n keyboard on n e shooter.i saw 1 on a best buy Clerence rack a while back, said works with back ops(the first 1)

[Veni Vidi Vici]

I think what you saw was one of those Eagle Eye converters or something similar. Those aren't the same. They use a translator and those are usually not very good. I've tried them. There's always some sort of lag or something that doesn't feel right.

What I was talking about is the PS3 will allow you to plug a mouse and KB into the USB ports on the front of the PS3 but that's only good if the game you play is formatted for that. Like I said, the only game that I know of that will allow the use of a M+KB is UT3. There might be others but I don't know of them. The game has to be programmed with that function in it or it won't let you use a M+KB through the PS3.

[mixelon]

This could, if supported well and implemented properly give some players (if they invested enough time learning it) a competitive advantage.

I wish there were more weird controller designs like this.

[Lone_Man]

hey look....there is a testical on the gamepad...

[NobleRed]

For the people who think that It will not work with fps.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

The video is from 2007 and like you can see you have mouse accuracy and aiming speed.

[isarai]

COOL! i actually thought of this years ago, awesome to see someone actually making it. cant wait to try it out