Wondering if anyone has experimented with using controllers (PS/xbox/other) to do anything other than gaming ?
The Steam Deck and Steam controller have touchpads which make them totally usable as a mouse for normal PC usage like web browsing
DualShock 4 and DualSense touch pads do this too! They even support multi touch so you can do left/right/middle click by using multiple fingers.
Hell, not optimal by any means but I even had a serviceable for light usage setup using analog sticks and a mapping program before Steam Input came out. Much better with the trackpads
I heard they are great for killing billionaires in experimental deep sea rigs
Controllers in shoddily constructed deep sea rigs don’t kill people, billionaires piloting with controllers in shoddily constructed deep sea rigs kill people!
and so does microsoft , woo woo wooo
Disneyland uses Steam Decks to remote control droids in Star Wars land.
ukraine was doing the same but to kill russians lol
“These blast points, too accurate for Russians”
Scrolling around LibreELEC to get to my gaming folder
I use my flight sim gear as a fidget toy, hope that counts.
They are the OG electric vibrators for people who can’t buy vibrators.
A vibrator was one of the very first patented electrical devices. 1880. It predates the first patent for the first electric iron by a decade.
I didn’t know this!
Iirc (on the phone now,) cameractrls allows panning and zooming with a gamepad.
I used to use a mini game controller for artwork. Like up on the dpad would zoom in the canvas. I had buttons for undo, redo, switch to eraser, rotate the canvas, flip it, etc.
I am working on getting my XBox controller to work with a Raspberry Pi/Astroberry setup to control my telescope.
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We had a subcontractor drive a wired camera mounted drone through the sewers with it. Some use LIDAR or SONAR instead of just cameras. Game controllers are pretty common for these.
Operating parts of multi million dollar navy ships, according to articles. Not joking
Also submarines, when heading down to see the Titanic
I wonder how many spares they keep around
And if you always get the shitty broken one until you’re a corporal.
Because they’re designed for controlling and people are familiar with them/can learn easily
Also helps standardize when taking bids from multiple companies
In college I was on the robotics team. We used several different controllers to drive various robots. I made a little tank steering robot that was remote controlled from a PC with an Xbox 360 controller. I later rebuilt it to use a Raspberry Pi and added a pan/tilt mount for the camera controlled from the controller’s D-pad. We also used a Wiimote to control our competition robot, using the accelerometer for steering which was pretty cool. This was in like 2010 when motion controls were still a relatively new and cool thing.
Hacksmith on youtube uses playstation controllers for remote operation of their giant mechs.
I have one of mine configured as media controls when I’m wandering around the house (8bitdo controllers ftw)
