28th March 2005, 5:38 PM
ABF, Nintendo reminds me of me in that regard, don't they?
One thing. If the surface of the controller is just a huge touch pad, then that makes for trouble. Tactile feedback is what I USE to figure out if I'm hitting the right buttons. I use touch to tell where my fingers are, if I'm hitting the right button, and to tell exactly how much pressure and at what angle I'm pushing the sticks. Without tactile feedback, it'll be like using one of those "soft" dance mats where you have no idea where your feet are. You'll be engaged in an epic battle and suddenly you'll be like "ack I'm not doing anything! What the..." and then you'll have to pause it to find out where your fingers slowly drifted to on the controller.
This is all just a rumor of course, but there is one thing to consider. If a company down the line did eventually do this, they would HAVE to add some sort of tactile system so you would know where your fingers were. For example, that's as good a time as any to learn brail. Just put symbols all over the controller as small bumps and then you'll be able to feel where you need to be. Also, it would be a good way for the programmers to indicate on screen where your fingers need to be.
One thing. If the surface of the controller is just a huge touch pad, then that makes for trouble. Tactile feedback is what I USE to figure out if I'm hitting the right buttons. I use touch to tell where my fingers are, if I'm hitting the right button, and to tell exactly how much pressure and at what angle I'm pushing the sticks. Without tactile feedback, it'll be like using one of those "soft" dance mats where you have no idea where your feet are. You'll be engaged in an epic battle and suddenly you'll be like "ack I'm not doing anything! What the..." and then you'll have to pause it to find out where your fingers slowly drifted to on the controller.
This is all just a rumor of course, but there is one thing to consider. If a company down the line did eventually do this, they would HAVE to add some sort of tactile system so you would know where your fingers were. For example, that's as good a time as any to learn brail. Just put symbols all over the controller as small bumps and then you'll be able to feel where you need to be. Also, it would be a good way for the programmers to indicate on screen where your fingers need to be.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)