Dopo l'idea vincente lanciata da Nintendo con il suo Wii-mote, anche la console MS cerca di dotarsi di un controller munito di sensore di movimento. Prima Adam Thole in collaborazione con Talismoon ha prodotto il tiltBoard, a cui sono seguiti il Tilt di GreenGiant e l'XCM Best Tilt di Team Extender.
Oggi Hybrid Innovations ha annunciato di essere al lavoro per mettere sul mercato un altro add-on per modificare il pad della xbox360. Questo add-on sostanzialmente rimpiazza la levetta analogica destra, sostituendola con un sensore di movimento che permette di controllare il personaggio o il veicolo nel gioco semplicemente inclinando di pad.
Queste le caratteristiche del Motion Sensitive Controller Board (nome ancora provvisorio).
* 3 levels of sensitivity (we realize, depending what game, some actions need to be more fluent than others, i/e: playing a racing or flying game). The levels of sensitivity are Low-Medium-High. Sensitivity can be controlled externally by pressing a sequence of buttons on the controller. We chose the LB and RB (L1 & R1) buttons to dictate this function (why? - these are the buttons least used in games).
-In order to get into the sensitivity choosing mode, one must simply hold the R1 button and then switch through the different modes by hitting the L1 button (hit L1 once for medium level, twice to go to high level). To reset it to the lowest level, one must hold the R1 button for 5 seconds without touching L1.
* Ability to turn the chip on and off - this is done by pressing the L1 & R1 buttons simultaneously for 5 second. There is no external switch needed.
* Low Wire count - just 9 wires!
* Surface mountable - completely fits inside the controller without any modification to the plastic enclosure.
* Practicality - although there is a version that enables USB support, we have noticed in our research that this is not practical. One would always have to open the back cover to access the PCB, this is where the USB Connector is located thus making the board inconvenient. In addition, with the different levels of sensitivity present on our design, it eliminates the strain the user would have to go to by messing around the degrees of motion themselves.
* CHEAP - we promise to deliver the LOWEST price from any of our competitors, currently the estimated retail price is $29.99. We also include a tool to open the xBox 360 controller in every package - NONE of the competitors offer this.
* MSC Board is not limited to the xBox 360 - however, the pre-installed code is specifically for the xBox 360 controller. Upon a dealer's request, we can slightly edit the code to add motion sensitive control to almost any device that has an analog output!
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