Next-gen Game Controllers Tug At Thumb Tips

An anonymous reader writes "Engineers at the University of Utah have designed a new kind of video game controller that not only vibrates like existing devices, but pulls and stretches the thumb tips in different directions to simulate various types of movement. 'We have developed feedback modes that enhance immersiveness and realism for gaming scenarios such as collision, recoil from a gun, the feeling of being pushed by ocean waves or crawling prone in a first-person shooter game,' said the lead researcher on the project, adding he hoped the technology would be adopted in the next generation of gaming consoles."

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Could it be possible that

[FunkyRider]

It pulls too hard and break your thumb? ouch!

Re:Could it be possible that

[sideslash]

It pulls too hard and break your thumb? ouch!

Not sure why this was downvoted. That would be a cool feature for Grand Theft Auto when you don't fulfill your obligations to the mafia.