New web app can make Valve's Steam Controller drift across your desk like an RC car — web app drives the gamepad using its rumble motors

2 days ago by Fubarberry to c/steamdeck

A WebHID page pulses the controller's haptics to scoot it over flat surfaces.
rem26_art 46 points 2 days ago

now I need 2 steam controllers. One to drive around, and one to control the one driving around

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Fubarberry 29 points 2 days ago

You actually need 4, two to race each other, and two to control them.

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rem26_art 22 points 2 days ago

this is how Valve offsets the Steam sale discounts. They're a RC car company that also happens to sell video games to get you in the door.

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mnemonicmonkeys 3 points 2 days ago

You're going to have to wait until 2030 for that dream

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thingsiplay 32 points 2 days ago path: 0 24357483, hotness: undefined, score: 32, children: 13
Fubarberry 23 points 2 days ago

You have to love all the enthusiasts coming together to find the best ways to not play games with their controllers.

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ouRKaoS 11 points 2 days ago

Gamer with 2307 unplayed games in their Steam library:

"I'm bored... Let's see if my Steam Controller can bake cookies!

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Cris_Citrus 12 points 2 days ago

Am I the only person for whom invidious takes like 12 years to load? I know lots of people use it so it makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong... 😅

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PumaStoleMyBluff 4 points 2 days ago

Same, any video longer than a few seconds like a full minute to start playing and then buffers constantly. 250Mbit internet.

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mnemonicmonkeys 3 points 2 days ago

It actively blocks me for having a VPN on

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thingsiplay 2 points 2 days ago

Sometimes it takes longer to load. And there are times, when the site is outright broken. So no, you are probably not the only one. I might depend on the time and day you use and where you are located. I usually post both links, to YouTube directly and to Invidious. But didn't took the time to do so here, as I figured its not that important.

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nialv7 2 points 2 days ago

idk why but i has yet to be able to get the Wihelm scream out of mine.

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thingsiplay 3 points 2 days ago

If it has been triggered once, then it enters into a "cooldown" period of seconds or minutes until it can scream again. But if you never go that in the first place, then maybe you do it too safe. Don't blame ya for that. My recommendation is to go to your bed, a large surface I assume, and then throw it at a distance of 1 meter away (onto the bed).

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nialv7 1 point 2 days ago

too safe

i am not the careful type xd. i have accidentally dropped it on hard floor, yet, nothing. maybe i have to be in game or something? idk

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thingsiplay 3 points 2 days ago

I think it needs a swing and fly for a bit before it gets triggered? Or yours just don't get scared as quickly, lol. BTW Steam HAS to be open and connected to the controller at the time you try this. Maybe that is the solution to "your problem :p"?

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kibiz0r 12 points 2 days ago

So wait, the sequence in Pantheon where they move a phone by hacking its vibration motors isn’t that far-fetched?

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Fubarberry 5 points 2 days ago

The steam controller has 4 different "HD" vibration motors, I'm assuming a phone has a single motor. So while it is possible to move a device this way, it wouldn't work as well or be very controllable on a phone.

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xthexder 2 points a day ago

Both iPhones and Pixel phones have shipped with LRAs (Linear Resonant Actuator) instead of rotating mass for quite a while now. An iPhone's taptic engine is basically the same technology.
I'm not sure how many phones have multiple, but I think it's common on gaming phones. That being said, I don't remember the phone in Pantheon having to steer, so one haptic motor might be enough if they got lucky.

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rainbowbunny 3 points 2 days ago

Wow I was about to comment this

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kibiz0r 4 points 2 days ago

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plutopos 10 points 2 days ago

Driving mine off the desk so I can hear the silly scream sound

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Wirlocke 9 points 2 days ago

Even Steam controllers can't escape controller drift 😔

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tiberius 8 points 2 days ago

There can only be one input device.

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Kolanaki 8 points 2 days ago

"Hey, you guys wanna do IRL mario kart? I just got the set."

"But there'e 3 of us and it only came with mario and luigi."

"Don't worry guys, I got this."

puts Steam Controller on the starting line

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Odo 6 points 2 days ago path: 0 24363203, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
dan1101 2 points 2 days ago

Finally!

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raman_klogius 2 points 2 days ago

Wow, this would be great for mixing salads! 🤣

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ech 1 point 2 days ago

This would wear out the motors a lot, right? Not that people shouldn't do what they want with their stuff, I would just be worried about wear and tear.

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daq 3 points 2 days ago

Why? Might wear out your desk, but motors should be fine.

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ech 2 points 2 days ago

Are rumble motors not physical machines that wear out with use? Or is there some new tech that I'm unaware of?

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daq 6 points 2 days ago

They're brushless motors. That's like being worried about heat death of universe. They will easily outlive you regardless of use.

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ech -2 points 2 days ago

Average lifetime for consumer brushless motors seems to be ~10,000 hours, so far from "the heat death of the universe". Regardless, I'm not sure why you're being so dismissive and rude about it.

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