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01-13-2017, 08:44 AM
Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con controllers are more powerful than they look
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The Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers—which at first glance look like tiny additions meant to support the tablet-like portable/home console it can slide into—is actually packed with tech.
For one thing: there's motion control. This isn't too surprising, considering Nintendo's console predecessors featured motion control-equipped Wii remotes.
In addition to a joystick, shoulder buttons and the standard four action buttons, the controllers also feature a capture button. Just like the PS4's share button, you'll be able to capture screenshots and, eventually, video.*
Nintendo also showed off the Joy-Cons' accelerometer, a rumble feature and AR camera that can apparently measure shapes (demonstrated by rock, paper, scissors hand gestures) and distances to them. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/nintendo-switch-joy-con/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers—which at first glance look like tiny additions meant to support the tablet-like portable/home console it can slide into—is actually packed with tech.
For one thing: there's motion control. This isn't too surprising, considering Nintendo's console predecessors featured motion control-equipped Wii remotes.
In addition to a joystick, shoulder buttons and the standard four action buttons, the controllers also feature a capture button. Just like the PS4's share button, you'll be able to capture screenshots and, eventually, video.*
Nintendo also showed off the Joy-Cons' accelerometer, a rumble feature and AR camera that can apparently measure shapes (demonstrated by rock, paper, scissors hand gestures) and distances to them. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/nintendo-switch-joy-con/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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