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by gausswho 218 days ago
Agreed. What this rebirth really needed was magnetic swappable input modules. We have IPD adjustments in our headsets, why not fine tuned button positions. Or trackpads. Or trackballs, whatever folks wanna build. An input hacker paradise platform.
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Or a system of rails like the Switch. Or even, tbh, just more than one controller design. An option that forgoes analog sticks altogether and is designed that way from the start could also place buttons differently, have a different grip design, etc., in ways that could be nice.
Seems like that's already in the market with the Xbox Adaptive Controller
They mean on a handheld controller. The Astro C40 has something like this, for example.
I forgot about this system. Anyone mess around with it? Does it work on Linux?
With HID Remapper it should.