[Technott's] аt іt again, thіѕ time extending thе Playstation 3 wіth a wireless interface. Thіѕ handheld isn’t really a PS3. It provides a wireless connection tο уουr PS3 tο receive audio аnd video, аѕ well аѕ tο deal wіth controller data. Rесkοn οf іt аѕ a wirelessly tethered handheld thаt allows уου tο play Playstation whеn уουr wife іѕ surveillance thе Real Housewives. Thіѕ іѕ similar іn size tο hіѕ Xbox 360 WVI bυt thе case shape аnd appearance аrе a hυgе step up (nοt thаt wе disliked thаt one). Wе’ve embedded a video tour οf thе device аftеr thе brеаk.
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So, place the screen above the controller about two inches over the buttons under the screen. If counterbalancing is necessary, then the battery compartment could be used for that.
Nevertheless, a giant bulky thing as this has to be heavier than a simple attachment to an existing controller. That giant monstrosity looks to be counterproductive and unconfortable to use.
JUST like the PSP… except it you can play PS3 games with it, so win. Also, you can’t play Katamari properly from the PSP; the controller needs two analog brushwood. Double win for this gadget. Also, use a video splitter and you can play from the other room Vs. somebody at the TV. Triple win!
Anyone wanna buy my PSP?
Um, ben didn’t have anything to do with this. A guy called techknott made it. It was just published on his forums.
What can be said, Ben is the mother f’n man. That’s pretty sweet. When it comes to console hacks and mods, this is the man I pay attention to.
@ supersparky / mick
Now consider the weight of such a design, with a ~5 inch screen, speakers, av transciever, and batteries. Now consider putting all that weight on an arm sticking out _above_ the controller. This would tend to tip the controller down and away from your hands. I’d expect much more arm fatigue from holding your design than this one. Here the weight is balanced between your hands, rather than out away from them.
One might be able to counterbalance such a design by having a additional arm coming out and down not more than the controller, place the av transciever and batteries there to balance hostile to the screen.
In neither case would I want all that weight clipped to the seam between the halves of the controller shell, nor attached solely by the battery clips. All that weight would probably rip free and snap plastic.
A remote video game terminal. I like it.
Makes me want to construct one for the 360.
@veeloc
Really, most blue LED’s are or at least seem higher intensity than other affect LED’s. I can just about light up a room with a blue LED. It might be just because of the spectrum of affect it’s in too. I’ll have to look into that with a bit more detail. Either way he’s right, that is a really bright set of LED’s.
@ SuperSparky
as marshalh said, ben didint make this someone on his forums did. since i saw this guys first one for 360 i thought the same as you. my thought thought would be to make one with 2 interchangeable ars for both ps3 and 360. the 360 “arm” would connect to the battery cover and either go the batteries surrounded by the wvi or use the wvi’s if there isint room surrounded by that battery compartment. and for the ps3, i bought a 8 hour clip on battery for the controller from eb games and it connects into the usbthen wraps down under the contoller (everywhere its batteries are) then up and clips into the crack between the two shells between the joysicks and ataching the ps3 “arm” to this would be a snap. that way you can still use both your controllers
SuperSparky: this isn’t Ben, it’s a additional guy on his forums.
@Maj I’m sure that the small light is not as distracting as it seems. I’d guess that the camera he’s recording the video with is to blame for accentuating the light.
It’s always excellent to have a flashlight bright in your eyes while you’re playing video games.
I like most of Ben’s creations. Though, I reckon he dropped the ball on this one.
The buttons and brushwood are in hard positions and the whole thing looks cumbersome to handle. Now I realize that may be blasphemous to Ben’s die hard fans, but it could be surpass.
Ben needs to look into plastic molding. He should have improved upon the already excellent design of the PS3 controller itself. Picture this, a modified PS3 controller with steel arm attached underneath to a simple box with the screen etc in it that is placed above the L1/R1 buttons about an inch or two. Heck, a tiny gooseneck would work.
No need to wire in the controller part as it’s already self controlled for that. Just have batteries for the screen part. Much less work and certainly much simpler, and more comfortable, to play.
He’s be wasted at Sony.
I’d buy this. How Much$$? You should be werking for Sony.
What I want to see is a nice clean small box with a rats nest of wires surrounded by that would alow you to have a transever for the video audio and digital/analog controlers therfore enableing you to just plugin and play on any divice be it ps3 pc n64 atari or even your microwave oven
(out comes the paper and pen… And an evil genious smile spreads across my face and I start to laugh as a wonderous idear for a new invention apears on the paper) mwahahahahaha (: