Apple has a history of bringing cutting-edge technology to the maintream by adopting the technology in a big way. The release of Nintendo’s Revolution controller made me realize that Nintendo has the same trick up its sleeve.
The new Nintendo controller looks incredible. You can read about the new controller and watch a video of the controller in action.
According to Wikipedia, the Nintendo Revolution controller
“includes a number of features, most notably, tilt sensors and 3D pointing which allows the system to understand six directions of movement (up, down, left, right, in, and out). The controller additionally features a port located on the bottom which several accessories may use. So far Nintendo has shown an analog stick that can connect to that port and can be used concurrently with the main controller.”
Nintendo also took analog controllers into the maintream when it released an analog joystick with the Nintendo 64 in 1996.
Nintendo is bringing analog interaction with the digital world into the mainstream.
Likewise, Apple has a history of bringing cutting edge technology to the maintream. According to Wikipedia,
“Many Apple technologies have become industry standards where no former standard existed, e.g. ZeroConf network configuration, FireWire, etc. Non Apple technologies only gained wide industry acceptance after Apple adopted them, including 3-1/2 inch floppy disks, SCSI, USB, Wi-Fi and, of course, graphical user interfaces.
The end.
(The only interesting thing about this article is the fact that Wikipedia did all the writing (and thinking) for me.)