elviahoo84: Nintendo patent posits Wiimote touchpad extension, looks like plumbing schematic

Lunes, Nobyembre 7, 2011

Nintendo patent posits Wiimote touchpad extension, looks like plumbing schematic

This patent from Nintendo envisions how it could bring a touch interface to its Wiimotes through an (admittedly unwieldy-looking) controller extension. While the Wii U already looks set to bring touchscreen fun to all things big-screened and Nintendo-themed, this concept offers up touch functionality to existing Wiis through an infrared LED that picks up the location of your finger and transmits it periscope-style to the IR sensor on the Wiimote. If the screen remains untouched, the controller acts as normal -- or as normal as it can with that extra hardware heft.

Nintendo patent posits Wiimote touchpad extension, looks like plumbing schematic originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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