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Novint Falcon - cheap haptic device at last - Tarbicus - 10-24-2006

Out next year, will cost less than $100, and looks set to change the gaming experience for good.

[url:39igy0c2]http://uk.gear.ign.com/articles/708/708472p1.html[/url]

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Re: Novint Falcon - cheap haptic device at last - Jeroen Pelgrom - 10-25-2006

:?:

this is a mouse?


Re: Novint Falcon - cheap haptic device at last - Tarbicus - 10-25-2006

It's both a mouse and a force-feedback device. You have an object in the game ahead of you, and it will push back on you as if it were solid. Apparently it's so good that if the object in the game had a surface texture like sandpaper it can make itself feel like that as well.