The Novint Falcon is an entirely new type of game controller. Replacing your
mouse or joystick, the Falcon is, essentially, a small robot that lets you
experience true virtual touch unlike any controller in history.
The Novint Falcon lets you control a game in three dimensions, and also lets
you feel high-fidelity three-dimensional force feedback. The Falcon controller
moves right and left, forwards and backwards, like a mouse, but also moves up
and down. When you hold the Falcon's detachable Grip and move your cursor to
interact with a virtual object, environment, or character, motors in the device
turn on and are updated approximately 1000 times a second, letting you feel
texture, shape, weight, dimension, and dynamics. The Falcon lets you control and
interact with games in more realistic way, allowing you to develop real physical
skill and muscle memory, adding a new dimension to gaming.
Our sense of touch connects us to the world around us and is an integral part
of how we experience things, both physically and emotionally. In the past,
games have incorporated increasingly sophisticated graphics and sound design,
but none have added realistic touch, until now. The award-winning Novint Falcon
makes virtual items and experiences feel real. Hold the Falcon's
interchangeable Grip and feel a character's actions, instead of controlling a
game with mouse-clicks and meters. Feel the weight of a basketball as you
shoot it towards a hoop -- the momentum and impact as you swing a virtual golf
club and strike a ball -- the recoil of a weapon ? or the physical
characteristics of virtual objects and environments.
In the same way the introduction of sound changed motion pictures, or
graphics made the Internet what it is today, Novint's technology transforms the
user experience by adding realistic interactive 3D touch to computing. While the
concept of interactive touch in computing is as unimaginable to most people as
the idea of television was in the age of radio, we envision a not-too-distant
future when it is as commonplace and ubiquitous as a mobile phone or a computer
mouse.
Novint is pioneering a new category of touch products for the consumer
market, beginning with the release of the Falcon. In the past, the cost of 3D
touch (haptic) hardware made the technology impractical for consumer
applications, but the Falcon performs comparably to commercial devices that cost
thousands of dollars, and is designed to be affordable for consumers.
A Limited Edition Novint Falcon bundled with Newton's Monkey Business™, a
collection of 24 touch-enabled minigames, the Feelin' It™: Sports Pack, and
two Grips is currently available.
The Bundle Includes:
- 1 Novint Falcon Limited Edition Game Controller
- 1 Standard Novint Falcon Grip
- 1 Limited Edition Novint Falcon Grip
- 1 USB cable
- Newton's Monkey Business™ Game Pack
- Feelin' It™: Sports Pack Game Pack
- 1 free game download (valued up to $19.95)
- Installation CD
- 1 Power Supply
- Novint Falcon User Manual
- Novint Games Manual
