| Novint Falcon |
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Ryan MacDonald from GameSpot takes look at
the Novint Falconm, which was shown at GDC
2007. The entire episode for GameSpot's On
the Spot special 2 hour event was aired on
3/8/07.
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/onthes
pot/index.php
halflife, counterstrike, videogames, gadgets
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| CNET: Novint Falcon |
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This is the new Novint Falcon device. It is a
pointing device that allows 3D movement and
gives the user feedback from 3D virtual
objects. It is supposed to eventually cost
less than $100
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| Novint Falcon Haptics Controller Could Be Wii 2.0 |
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Videogames and force feedback have been
fair-weather friends for years, from
motorized steering wheels that go spastic
when you slam into a wall, to entire seats
that tilt and lurch as your F-16 banks out of
harm's way. But playing with the Novint
Falcon feels like nothing you've tried
before.
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| Novint Falcon Game Controller |
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Go to http://tiger.tv/more_info/?556 for more
information. The Novint Falcon is an entirely
new type of game controller. Replacing your
mouse or joystick, the Falcon is,
essentially, a small robot that lets you
experience true virtual touch unlike any
controller in history.
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| GDC 2007: Novint Falcon |
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Here's the Novint Falcon, filmed at GDC 2007
(Game Developers Conference 2007). Speaking
is Tom Anderson, the President, Founder, and
CEO, of Novint Technologies.
Comments: It looks like something my dentist
would use, very high tech. So you use it like
you would use a mouse on a computer, but you
can move the Falcon using the circular like
door knob in the air (left, right, up, down,
forward, backward, sideways, you name it)
They let me try out the Novint Falcon, and as
soon as I learned how to control it, I
couldn't believe how well the controller
worked. I was controlling a tiny ball on the
computer screen in a 3D space. Also on the
screen was a larger ball, which can be
changed to a variety of different things. For
example, one of the balls was made out of a
cobblestone like surface. When you went
around the surface of the ball with the
Falcon, you could actually feel the bumps of
the cobblestones as you guided around it.
Another one was made out of molasses. Unlike
the other one, you could poke through the
ball. Just as going through a ball made of
molasses would feel, when you guided your
tiny ball into it you sink in and has a
sticky feel to it; there's some resistance,
but little enough so you can push through
with relative ease. And when your ball pops
out from the other side, you feel that motion
(the sudden freedom out of the molasses) very
realistically as well. Another demo used the
controller as a baseball glove. I was warned
to hold on tight. As baseballs are thrown at
you, you catch the ball by accurately moving
the glove to the spot the ball is thrown. And
again, the force is amazingly realistic. Then
I tried out a real game with the controller
using Half-Life 2. What happens when you
shoot a real gun? It recoils. And so, the
Falcon simulates that by pushing my hand back
when I fired a gun. I was trying to hold my
gun as still as possible while shooting, but
the force is pretty strong (as I imagine a
real gun would feel like). Each gun has it's
own recoil strength, some pushed me back more
than others. The force feedback also works
well when you're being shot at by the enemy.
When you're being shot in the front, it
pushes you back. When you're shot from the
left, it pushes you to the right, and so on.
So just by feel, you know which direction
you're being shot at. In addition, to make
things even more realistic, the circular knob
to control the Falcon can be removed to fit
in a gun grip. So how much does this 3D touch
game controller cost? You can preorder it at
www.novintfalcon.com for $189 (while supplies
last, that's $50 off the MSRP price), and it
will ship on June 18th, 2007.
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| How the Novint Falcon Works |
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Every year thousands of new electronics enter
the marketplace. Watch our video coverage to
learn what cool new things HowStuffWorks
found at E3 2006.
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