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January 5th, 2010, 17:30
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We've seen plenty of methods for emulating PC input schemes from a couch (http://www.engadget.com/tag/lapboard), but nothing's really beaten the tried and true "put a board across your lap" method. We're not sure the new iGUGU Gamecore has a leg up on the competition, but you can't fault it for trying. The system is actually a three-fold approach to the problem: there's a 50 foot VGA cable or wireless USB method for beaming your PC video to the TV and some TV-friendly software for managing your games library, but the obvious centerpiece is the monstrous wireless controller (pictured). Bearing a slight resemblance to an Xbox 360 controller and retailing for $80, the beast packs in a trackball, d-pad, joystick, full QWERTY keyboard and six accelerometers for making a mess of just about any PC game imaginable. Seems interesting, and we'll try to give it a look here at CES, but the completely ridiculous promo video (embedded after the break) makes us think twice about taking these folks seriously.Continue reading iGUGU Gamecore takes PC gaming to the TV with complicated, accelerometer-packing wireless controller (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/igugu-gamecore-takes-pc-gaming-to-the-tv-with-complicated-accel/)
iGUGU Gamecore takes PC gaming to the TV with complicated, accelerometer-packing wireless controller (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/igugu-gamecore-takes-pc-gaming-to-the-tv-with-complicated-accel/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We've seen plenty of methods for emulating PC input schemes from a couch (http://www.engadget.com/tag/lapboard), but nothing's really beaten the tried and true "put a board across your lap" method. We're not sure the new iGUGU Gamecore has a leg up on the competition, but you can't fault it for trying. The system is actually a three-fold approach to the problem: there's a 50 foot VGA cable or wireless USB method for beaming your PC video to the TV and some TV-friendly software for managing your games library, but the obvious centerpiece is the monstrous wireless controller (pictured). Bearing a slight resemblance to an Xbox 360 controller and retailing for $80, the beast packs in a trackball, d-pad, joystick, full QWERTY keyboard and six accelerometers for making a mess of just about any PC game imaginable. Seems interesting, and we'll try to give it a look here at CES, but the completely ridiculous promo video (embedded after the break) makes us think twice about taking these folks seriously.Continue reading iGUGU Gamecore takes PC gaming to the TV with complicated, accelerometer-packing wireless controller (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/igugu-gamecore-takes-pc-gaming-to-the-tv-with-complicated-accel/)
iGUGU Gamecore takes PC gaming to the TV with complicated, accelerometer-packing wireless controller (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/igugu-gamecore-takes-pc-gaming-to-the-tv-with-complicated-accel/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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