Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 7 hours agoUsing a webcam, the Steam Controller can now seek out it's charger by vibrating across the deskfossprime.github.ioexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1132file-text
arrow-up1132external-linkUsing a webcam, the Steam Controller can now seek out it's charger by vibrating across the deskfossprime.github.ioFubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 hours agoWhy would anyone buy a Roomba when they can just vacuum the floor themselves?
minus-squareYttra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoI’ve never been sold on the roomba idea, but vacuuming can take some time and physical effort depending on the size of the living/working space. Putting a controller on a charging puck should take all of five seconds, to be generous. It even has magnets! I feel like the real answer here with the controller is “because we can/because it’s cool”
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 hours agoWell, also “as proof of a concept that may to lead to something more useful”
minus-squareYttra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoAlso true! Though in a Roomba’s case with room mapping, sometimes more terrifying… 😔
minus-squareFubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoI was kinda joking with the Roomba comparison. I could kinda see a use for this where the controller could wake itself up and try to plug itself in if the battery gets low, but the steam controller battery life is so good that it’s a pretty low need
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoI know you think you are making a point but you aren’t roombas do a shit job and you have to vacuum anyway. I had a roomba it was garbage
Why would anyone buy a Roomba when they can just vacuum the floor themselves?
I’ve never been sold on the roomba idea, but vacuuming can take some time and physical effort depending on the size of the living/working space.
Putting a controller on a charging puck should take all of five seconds, to be generous. It even has magnets!
I feel like the real answer here with the controller is “because we can/because it’s cool”
Well, also “as proof of a concept that may to lead to something more useful”
Also true! Though in a Roomba’s case with room mapping, sometimes more terrifying… 😔
I was kinda joking with the Roomba comparison.
I could kinda see a use for this where the controller could wake itself up and try to plug itself in if the battery gets low, but the steam controller battery life is so good that it’s a pretty low need
I know you think you are making a point but you aren’t roombas do a shit job and you have to vacuum anyway.
I had a roomba it was garbage