Oh man! Can I use it like the U-Force?
The Steam Controller 2 May Be Able To Detect How Far Away Your Hands Are From It - Steam Deck H
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
https://steamdeckhq.com/news/steam-controller-2-detect-how-far-away-hands-are/
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Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
… I had one.
I played top gun with it. A lot.
Telorand@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Broderbund made it‽ It must have been awesome!
I miss that company…
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
MSNlisted it as one of the top 10 worst game peripherals, writing "Second only to the Sega Activator in terms of all-out crappiness, the U-Force also used infrared sensors to create a truly nightmarish controller...'Don’t Touch' said the adverts for the device, in a rare example of an advertising campaign that got it spot on
railway692@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
If this is true, this is a really cool feature, and I would be curious to see how it could be utilized with Steam Input for most games.
That’s the thing. Everyone seems positive about this but… what do you do with it?
tiberius@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’m also curious how developers use this feature. The Dreamcast VMUs were a cool idea but it never caught on.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wonder if it could sense when you were about to pick it up and start the power on or wake up process
SilverCode@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
“Man, I really got to get to work. Let me just tidy up a bit before I go and move this steam controller of the couch aaaaaaannnnndddd now I might as well play some Balatro since the deck is on anyway”
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
…what, so we save a fraction of a second before we’d press the button anyway?
Feyd@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Trombone champ time
Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
tl;dr for the part that matters to me: still not even a hint of a release date or even an announcement
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They say early 2026
Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
yeah the announcement was pretty soon after i wrote that
ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
This comment sure aged nicely /s
Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
this particular article hasn’t been updated as of writung this, and I’m sure they also didnt expect immediate announcement after publishing it either
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
My VR controllers can’t even properly tell when I’ve set them down and they have touch sensors in them. I do not know why sometimes setting the controllwrs down, still has them being tracked with my hands until I go out of my way to show my empty palms to the tracking cameras.
AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I need a controller that can tell how hard I am mashing the buttons and games reacting appropriately.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
They have keyboards like that, but other than analog triggers I don’t know of any controllers with that feature.
monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 2 weeks ago
Sony Sixaxis. 256 degrees of being pressed on basically every button but two.
rollerbang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Force sensor, accelerometer, … 🤣
greyllama@fosstodon.org 3 weeks ago
@Fubarberry I'm waiting for one of these so hard! I want a better experience playing rim world with the deck docked to my tv. Xbox controller works but it's not fun to use. I have an original steam controller but I never found it a good fit. Something closer to the steam deck would be perfect!
Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
HOW DO I UPDATE HARDER I WANT THIS NOW
ramble81@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Can’t wait for Theremin Hero!
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I scrolled down to post this, but you worded it more succinctly than I could. Bravo!
bless@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
That would be dope