Hi guys,this is my first app ever. It turns your iDevices into a wireless game controller, mouse. There are many apps like this on the App Store already, but the purpose I create this app is because of another project.
A year ago, I was working on my graduation project as a undergraduate major in CS / embedded system. My project is to simulate a virtual device driver on Linux and Windows platform to share devices (especially HID devices like mouse, keyboard, gamepad..) between computers.
It turned out that I can create a virtual device that act as either mouse or gamepad (full functional gamepad, not just up/down arrow on keyboard). Therefore I decided to create an mobile app that help people to control computers via Wi-Fi.
Unlike most other remote control apps on App Store, which only simulate keyboard/mouse signal, and fake to be a gamepad/joystick, Air Controller is detected on Windows as a USB game controller, which means you can connect more than one iDevices to the same computer and the control signal is more precise (especially in Steering Wheel mode).
I’d love to hear your feedbacks and thoughts on this app. Anyone here major in Human-Computer Interaction, what else can I do to make this app more interactive, more fun ?
Cool app! I think the deeper integration with Windows will definitely appeal to people. I'm working on launching a new company soon, Appolish, which offers UI/UX design for apps. I would love to work with you to improve the interface and interactions of Air Controller as a portfolio piece! Let me know if you're interested. schraeds at gmail
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 8.4 ms ] threadA year ago, I was working on my graduation project as a undergraduate major in CS / embedded system. My project is to simulate a virtual device driver on Linux and Windows platform to share devices (especially HID devices like mouse, keyboard, gamepad..) between computers.
It turned out that I can create a virtual device that act as either mouse or gamepad (full functional gamepad, not just up/down arrow on keyboard). Therefore I decided to create an mobile app that help people to control computers via Wi-Fi.
Unlike most other remote control apps on App Store, which only simulate keyboard/mouse signal, and fake to be a gamepad/joystick, Air Controller is detected on Windows as a USB game controller, which means you can connect more than one iDevices to the same computer and the control signal is more precise (especially in Steering Wheel mode).
I’d love to hear your feedbacks and thoughts on this app. Anyone here major in Human-Computer Interaction, what else can I do to make this app more interactive, more fun ?