Wondering if anyone has experimented with using controllers (PS/xbox/other) to do anything other than gaming ?
I use my flight sim gear as a fidget toy, hope that counts.
I heard they are great for killing billionaires in experimental deep sea rigs
Controllers in shoddily constructed deep sea rigs don’t kill people, billionaires piloting with controllers in shoddily constructed deep sea rigs kill people!
Disneyland uses Steam Decks to remote control droids in Star Wars land.
ukraine was doing the same but to kill russians lol
“These blast points, too accurate for Russians”
The Steam Deck and Steam controller have touchpads which make them totally usable as a mouse for normal PC usage like web browsing
Hell, not optimal by any means but I even had a serviceable for light usage setup using analog sticks and a mapping program before Steam Input came out. Much better with the trackpads
DualShock 4 and DualSense touch pads do this too! They even support multi touch so you can do left/right/middle click by using multiple fingers.
In Ghostbusters 2 they rigged up a Nintendo joystick to drive the statue of liberty through the streets of NYC. Does that count?
Scrolling around LibreELEC to get to my gaming folder
On a very old computer of mine, the “y” key was completely missing and I couldn’t replace it because the contacts were broken so I just use JoytoKey and a USB SNES controller.
I’ve also used a similar setup for navigating some image boorus but, for obvious reasons, I wont specify anything further.
I think it was med students who use controllers to control flash card decks for studying.
Also as PowerPoint remotes.
We used a ps4 controller as a mouse on our tv/media center. Its wired/Bluetooth and comes in as a mouse on our Linux box. No setup, just connect and it works.
I don’t know if me talking about my Steam controller counts…
They use it to control a submarine
Not for long, though.
For sale: Logitech submarine controller, lifetime warranty.
Gave a presentation last year, using a joy con as a remote for switching slides.
Nice thing is you can have mouse with the joystick as well
They are the OG electric vibrators.
A vibrator was one of the very first patented electrical devices. 1880. It predates the first patent for the first electric iron by a decade.
I didn’t know this!
I’ve seen some people on YouTube use them to control their CNC.
Some digital artists use Switch JoyCons for shortcuts in Clip Studio and other painting programs.
