This year at CES Novint finally announced the price and date when customers can purchase their much talked about Falcon "mouse." Why the quotes? Well it's about the furthest thing from a traditional mouse that we've ever seen. It's more like the freak child of a camera tripod and a doorknob, latched onto its base like the face-hugger from Aliens. At least that's how it looks to me. It's actually an incredibly advanced input device that allows you to move around in 3D and that uses it's arms and force feedback to simulate things like weight, resistance, and shock. Imagine sensing real recoil when you fire the shotgun in your favorite FPS. Take that cheap, lousy rumble!
The Falcon will be available on June 18 for $249(MSRP) and will come with 24 minigames that show off the immersive technology.
Check out this video of the Falcon in action. Looks like a good time to me.
http://www.novint.com/images/WebsiteArt/FalconProm o.mov (3.9 MB)
More details here.
~ Garaphin, Amazon Video Games
