Wondering if anyone has experimented with using controllers (PS/xbox/other) to do anything other than gaming ?
Hacksmith on youtube uses playstation controllers for remote operation of their giant mechs.
I used to use a mini game controller for artwork. Like up on the dpad would zoom in the canvas. I had buttons for undo, redo, switch to eraser, rotate the canvas, flip it, etc.
The Steam Deck and Steam controller have touchpads which make them totally usable as a mouse for normal PC usage like web browsing
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.
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
I would also add VR controllers to the list and I had used them for painting.
For FRC robotics competitions, we use Xbox controllers to control the robot
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”
They can be quite useful in hobbyist robotics
All a controller is is just some buttons on a wire in a portable form factor.
If you want to use it for Excel, you can.
I used one on a Raspberry Pi to drive a self build remote car wirelessly.
In Ghostbusters 2 they rigged up a Nintendo joystick to drive the statue of liberty through the streets of NYC. Does that count?
Actually yes.
I worked on a crew building pole barns in Colorado. For anyone unaware you basically dig a bunch of holes, set wooden columns in them and pour concrete around them, then hang the rest of the structure off those columns.
We had a dude that swore by the xbox 360 controller. We tried to get him to use a framing hammer to drive his nails but he would only use that 360 controller.
We also did a lot of acid. If you see a weird barn in Colorado, look for the microsoft logo pressed into the wood next to the siding nails.
So he literally, physically hammered the xbox controller into the nail?
He hammered the nails into the boards
Scrolling around LibreELEC to get to my gaming folder
playstation and Xbox controllers make good Kodi/XBMC remotes for a laptop connected to a TV.
I think it was med students who use controllers to control flash card decks for studying.
Also as PowerPoint remotes.
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’ve seen some people on YouTube use them to control their CNC.
