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New web app can make Valve's Steam Controller drift across your desk like an RC car — web app drives the gamepad using its rumble motors

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/controllers-gamepads/web-app-drives-valves-new-steam-controller-across-the-floor-using-its-rumble-motors

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  • rem26_art@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    now I need 2 steam controllers. One to drive around, and one to control the one driving around

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You actually need 4, two to race each other, and two to control them.

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      • rem26_art@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        this is how Valve offsets the Steam sale discounts. They're a RC car company that also happens to sell video games to get you in the door.

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  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    LOL this is hilarious! So we got so far:

    • play music: inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=T0RHXColYXU
    • Wilhelm scream: inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Mc22cAIIP4g
    • remote control: inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=g-8S8zk4dn8
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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You have to love all the enthusiasts coming together to find the best ways to not play games with their controllers.

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      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Gamer with 2307 unplayed games in their Steam library:

        "I’m bored… Let’s see if my Steam Controller can bake cookies!

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    • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Am I the only person for whom invidious takes like 12 years to load? I know lots of people use it so it makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong… 😅

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      • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Same, any video longer than a few seconds like a full minute to start playing and then buffers constantly. 250Mbit internet.

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It actively blocks me for having a VPN on

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      • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sometimes it takes longer to load. And there are times, when the site is outright broken. So no, you are probably not the only one. I might depend on the time and day you use and where you are located. I usually post both links, to YouTube directly and to Invidious. But didn’t took the time to do so here, as I figured its not that important.

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    • nialv7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      idk why but i hasn’t yet been able to get the Wihelm scream out of mine.

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      • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If it has been triggered once, then it enters into a “cooldown” period of seconds or minutes until it can scream again. But if you never go that in the first place, then maybe you do it too safe. Don’t blame ya for that. My recommendation is to go to your bed, a large surface I assume, and then throw it at a distance of 1 meter away (onto the bed).

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  • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So wait, the sequence in Pantheon where they move a phone by hacking its vibration motors isn’t that far-fetched?

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The steam controller has 4 different “HD” vibration motors, I’m assuming a phone has a single motor. So while it is possible to move a device this way, it wouldn’t work as well or be very controllable on a phone.

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      • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Both iPhones and Pixel phones have shipped with LRAs (Linear Resonant Actuator) instead of rotating mass for quite a while now. An iPhone’s taptic engine is basically the same technology. I’m not sure how many phones have multiple, but I think it’s common on gaming phones. That being said, I don’t remember the phone in Pantheon having to steer.

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    • rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wow I was about to comment this

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      • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Image

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  • Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Even Steam controllers can’t escape controller drift 😔

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  • plutopos@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Driving mine off the desk so I can hear the silly scream sound

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Hey, you guys wanna do IRL mario kart? I just got the set.”

    “But there’e 3 of us and it only came with mario and luigi.”

    “Don’t worry guys, I got this.”

    puts Steam Controller on the starting line

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  • tiberius@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There can only be one input device.

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  • Odo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now we can all be Psycho Mantis.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyxOAItutHA

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  • Hupf@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    www.catb.org/jargon/html/W/walking-drives.html

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  • ech@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This would wear out the rumble motors a lot, right? Not that people shouldn’t do what they want with their stuff, I would just be worried about wear and tear.

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    • daq@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why? Might wear out your desk, but motors should be fine.

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      • ech@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Are rumble motors not physical machines that wear out with use? Or is there some new tech that I’m unaware of?

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  • raman_klogius@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wow, this would be great for mixing salads! 🤣

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  • dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Finally!

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