Very cool. They've done what I've daydreamed about, and actually got it to work!
When I played Elite: Dangerous I used a "hand on throttle and stick" (HOTAS) setup, along with foot pedals. I couldn't help but think that there must be a better way to control a spaceship: your ship can pitch, yaw, and roll in addition to being able to fire thrusters in 6 directions.
I wanted a handheld ship model that I could move such that the ship in Elite would move in the same way. The linked project looks like it could do just that. Thrust would be controlled in a similar way, but with my other hand.
Strange or new input models like that are so amazing to me. Our imagination can really fly high with these sorts of capabilities.
When I played Elite: Dangerous I used a "hand on throttle and stick" (HOTAS) setup, along with foot pedals. I couldn't help but think that there must be a better way to control a spaceship: your ship can pitch, yaw, and roll in addition to being able to fire thrusters in 6 directions.
I wanted a handheld ship model that I could move such that the ship in Elite would move in the same way. The linked project looks like it could do just that. Thrust would be controlled in a similar way, but with my other hand.
Strange or new input models like that are so amazing to me. Our imagination can really fly high with these sorts of capabilities.