Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Haptic Battle Pong... Future of Game Interface?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the one-degree-short-of-kevin-bacon dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Sensable Phantom is a premier force-feedback haptic device and sells for a few thousand dollars now, but when that number comes down, the game industry will be jumping all over the idea of six-degree-of-freedom, precision-force-feedback video games. It looks like Haptic Battle Pong may be the first attempt at a true 6-dof, force-feedback game. It's not Quake, but maybe this is the next big thing in video games?"

4 of 158 comments (clear)

  1. sex toy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This thing has interactive chat room sex toy written all over it.

    Now I can use both hands!! :-D

  2. Battle Pong? by RumGunner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought that was when my brother and I turned to fisticuffs after particularly gruelling sessions on the Atari...

  3. Remember... by wbav · · Score: 5, Funny

    To wear a cup, for those ogc'ers who have their aimbot set on crotch.

    --

    =================
    Unix is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.
  4. Re:Nice! by agallagh42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It's a dark, fast moving plaque on the land from which their is no escape."

    I hate those dark, fast moving plaques. I once had an "Employee of the Month" plaque chase me for five blocks before I ducked into a chinese restaurant and lost it...

    :)

    --
    Carpe Cerevisi - Seize the Beer