Modder changes iPhone tilt controls to joystick controls
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We've seen modders and peripheral manufacturers alike try to make gaming on the iPhone's glossy, contextless touch screen a bit more tangible, but we've never seen anything quite like this. Shane Wighton of Mechanically Inclined has managed to turn an ordinary Arduino, a webcam, some motors and a metal frame into a ... well, we're not sure if there's a name for it yet, because "Remote Gyroscopic Movement Controller Suspension System" seems just a tad wordy.
The device allows you to tilt your iPhone with precision using a remote controller, which would hypothetically not only change your strategy when you're desperately grasping for that high score in Tilt to Live, but also change the title of the game entirely. Again, we'd need to workshop a new title, as Remote Gyroscopic Movement etc. to Live doesn't exactly drip right off the tongue. Wighton hopes to program the machine to play the game by itself, which we think we can all agree is terrifying. Until then, check out a video of this clever, verbose mod after the jump.
The device allows you to tilt your iPhone with precision using a remote controller, which would hypothetically not only change your strategy when you're desperately grasping for that high score in Tilt to Live, but also change the title of the game entirely. Again, we'd need to workshop a new title, as Remote Gyroscopic Movement etc. to Live doesn't exactly drip right off the tongue. Wighton hopes to program the machine to play the game by itself, which we think we can all agree is terrifying. Until then, check out a video of this clever, verbose mod after the jump.
Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:06AM Leon Trotsky TDA said
Doesn't look like it would play very well...
Cool though.
Cool though.
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:10AM Electrium said
The first thing I would do with that is see how far I could launch pieces of cereal (and other small objects) using my iPod Touch.
Probably the last thing I would do with it, too.
Probably the last thing I would do with it, too.
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:10AM Gritzor said
Was someone taking shower in the background. . . ?
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:10AM Gritzor said
Was someone taking a shower in the background. . . ?
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:19AM Mister Servo said
@Gritzor No, that was the sound of all the fat cash rolling in for his awesome new device!
Okay, maybe not.
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Okay, maybe not.
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:28AM TheHungryPanda said
@Gritzor
No, that was the sound of you double posting.
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No, that was the sound of you double posting.
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:18AM ybfelix said
Tilt to Live already controls fantastically with... tilting . Although I hope they add gyroscope support to 4th gen device so I can play it lied down
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 1:35AM HybridPara said
The Regyrocon Double S
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 8:22AM TheRepublic said
I think you spelling "joystiq" wrong....
(jk)
(jk)
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 3:55PM Gritchu said
Interesting... Though if the game requires some sort of touch, say to fire a weapon, this would make it difficult.
Posted: Jan 11th 2011 5:56PM ihaveascreenname said
Now all he needs is video out to a TV and his iPhone-to-less-portable-and-more-noisy-Atari conversion is complete.
Posted: Jan 15th 2011 5:23PM apache said
I think it is useless
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