Sony's PS3 controller "tilt"

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I wonder where they got the idea from....?

http://www.joystickreview.com/microsoft/sidewinderfreestylepro.asp


Microsoft came out w/ this thing back in 2000! And no rumble feature? Wow
 
that already been said.

If you watch the video from GT TV, the one in the thread titled "this video pretty much sums up G4" someone mentions that and says that the idea pretty much went to production, failed and they dropped it.
 
It was actually a preaty good controler.

But the support for it sucked ballz. And the "joystick" emulation witht he tilt feature was spotty at best. And MS really didnt bother trying to fix it to make it better. And by the time they would have, teh sales where poor enough that they just dumped it altogether.

There was one motorcycle game for the PC that fully supported it, and it was fantastic. Superb handling, and feel. But aside from taht one game, it tanked.
 
PS3 controller patented in 1999

Patent number: JP11099284
Publication date: 1999-04-13
Inventor: KOBAYASHI HIROAKI; YORIZUMI MINEO
Applicant: SONY CORP
Classification:
- international: G06F3/033; G06F3/033; (IPC1-7): A63F9/22; G06F3/033
- european:
Application number: JP19970265541 19970930
Priority number(s): JP19970265541 19970930

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Abstract of JP11099284
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To instruct an operation by the movement of a small controller that is close to the movement of a character by making the controller movable, detecting its movement and outputting a signal, and switch-recognizing the direction of the movement on the basis of the outputted signal. SOLUTION: The controller detects an angular speed by a detection section provided in a connecting section that connects the right and left operating sections of a controller unit 82. For example, rotation in the direction of rolling in relation to the right and left operating buttons 55, 56 of the left operating section is detected as an angular speed in the direction of rotation in the XY plane by the detection section 70 with the Z axis as the central axis. The detection section 70 is comprised of a movement detection section 71 made up of an angular speed sensor 72 and an amplifier 73, and a direction detection section 74 made up of movement direction recognition switches 79, 80. Therefore, movement can be instructed by the movement of the controller without operating the operating buttons 55, 56, etc.




http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=JP11099284&F=0&QPN=JP11099284
 
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