What's the next step in evolution of gaming input devices?

The novint falcon was an interesting concept hampered by both limitations and a lack of any real support.

Haptics are the single most important part of input, and it drives me up the fucking wall that they're so absent from gaming.

You've got FFB wheels, FFB joysticks, and maybe motion control platforms if you're made of money.

the thing was that it was a fucking steal, for $150 you got the orange box and other free games that supported it. it was relatively cheap for what it was

brainchips

Having a standard with less buttons would be nice.
Not replacing the dual shock and clones, but a side-standard for casuals with like 4 buttons.

I paid 20 bucks for mine and it still felt overpriced for what it was. The tech demo it came with where you could feel the low resolution shapes in the area was the neatest part of it.

I don't see how anyone can say that after the Steeam Deck improved it so much.

improved it how? i dont have a steam deck

Two sticks, real dpad, trackpads work better.

that doesn't improve anything it's just more of the same shit

Ah, I see you are retarded. It still has all of the functionality of the Steam Controller it just also has those things which makes it better.

if i use it the same way i use steam controller it's indentical you moron

operate this remote control car with your voice

that not how entertainment works.

I just want controllers to go under 50 dollars again. This gimmicky bullshit needs to fucking end.

No, it's not the track pads are better. Even if they weren't the controller is still improved because it has more features. Just because you are pretending a dpad isn't useful doesn't make it true. Just because you are pretending a second stick isn't useful in order to act superior to console players doesn't make that true either.

I can't recall any haptics in video games that made a difference to me outside of vehicle simulators (specifically joysticks, wheels, and pedals). Some of those are very cool. I don't play "VR" games though. When it comes to normal controller rumble, it's almost always used as a bad replacement for a subwoofer, which is understandable for those who don't have one. Since completing my audio system I don't care at all if my games have controller rumble. I also didn't miss it at all when playing PC games. Using a mouse makes you feel more physically connected to the game than anything a gamepad ever did.

I like vr controllers because they are better then joycons

It is insane you can get a full mechanical keyboard and decent (wired) gaming mouse for the same or less as a console game controller these days.

Not that thing, thats for sure.

the controller is not improved it's expanded

Just because you are pretending a second stick isn't useful in order to act superior to console players doesn't make that true either.

i have a second xbox controller so i dont care

I'd say buy third party, but if you're a burger even that usually isn't under $50 these days.

keyboard

trackpad

good morning sar

Like I said, you're retarded.

underage

you don't understand formal logic

yours needs more keyboard

if someone says something retarded then they are retarded

you say something regarded

ipso facto nigga

This is because haptics aren't used in any games. Rumble is about as basic as haptic feedback can get.

I seriously need this.

Is it real?

That's fair, but it's also hard to say haptics are the most important when barely any of the industry prioritizes them at all. I understand there is the chicken and egg problem with hardware support, API support, customer adoption and so on, but I think it's still a legitimate point.
Not to mention actually being able to control the game is the most important part. I might prefer a pad with no rumble and hall effect sticks to a pad with advanced haptics and potentiate sticks.

what is this? A shop of a 360 controller?

No that's the Duke, son.

An iron maiden type device where the inside looks like one of those pinart things -- but every little node is pressure and thermally sensitive and and and every twitch of your body is used as a potential input. obviously around the eyes, ears, nose and mouthpiece it would be a little more involved for maximum immersion. And the aftermarket unofficially supported but extensive sex mods, obviously.

It will be a massive failure after somebody invents a safer version of that medical brain implant that gives you sexual pleasure when you set it off. Something that flushes out the neurotransmitter receptors in ways that seem fine at first but will be the 2050 version of leaded gasoline, microplastics, eating raw sugar being healthier than eating fats or 4/5 doctors recommending lucky cigarettes.

thanks dad

Nintendo power gloves but good and they let you air type and air push buttons.

imagine trying to WASD on that

A shop of a 360 controller

Something like that. It's not real

Its not to replace mouse and keyboard games. Its for multiplayer games that are better on controller. If you see your team make making a mistake, you can let him know you are fucking his mom.

personally, the xbox 360 controller with the keybored attachment was my favorite controller of all time, (other than the horrible d pad)

was about to make a joke

notice it's already in the picture

Honestly I'm hoping Valve puts out a proper Steam controller 2 with everything the Deck supports. The touchpads are underrated and not properly used. They did release one of the gimmicks on the deck (capacitive thumbsticks) on that controller, but they forgot about haptics.
People hate vibration too much.

Wait, 'eck doesn't have haptics? I thought everyone loved haptics on Steam controller.

The deck does, steam controller 2 doesn't. Well, the hori controller they recently released. It just doesn't have rumble at all.

hopes

6 button controllers

expectations

literally every fucking retarded gimmick imaginable that isn't 6 face buttons

I want this controller so fucken bad.

What does the back look like?

There's no need for 6 face buttons when there's 2 pairs of shoulder buttons and back buttons. It's just clutter.

and for what