News Acer’s shows off “DualPlay” laptop with controller that pops out of the touchpad

[Admin]

A concept laptop from Acer features a wireless controller that serves as a touchpad until you detach and use it.

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[Notton]

I can already see issues with the design.

It looks like the controller flips around while sitting in the laptop. You can see the indent on the left lines up with the right joystick.

- The controller is going to be uncomfortable with a flat rear.
- The space under the trackpad is normally filled with a battery, but instead it is filled with a controller
- The laptop has a massive pocket for crumbs and dust to collect in

 

[CloudLion]

I think, this could be the start of a new era in gaming notebooks.

It's a great idea.

I can see how this can be used to reasonably nickle and dime people using style, comfort, expansion possibilities, and then versatility. Add a stylus, touch screen, and possibly separately purchased side-kick tablets, in a variety of sizes, that can be used for extended gaming controls, art and design, note taking, dictation, and then anything else you can dream up.

Using the detachable game controller to replace the mouse.... then look out it's real freedom. It would even be better if the two game controllers can act like two active and independent computer controls. I'd love to be able to use two controllers with two separate pointers that act independently of each other. And have that solution just work. Give the open source community the prototypes and the basic code to start will magically appear. Of course it will. Why wouldn't people embrace that challenge? There is the past.

We can do that... sort of now. This requires third party drivers and then some serious tinkering and it looks like the solutions offered are not universally accepted. In fact the last working solution I used didn't survive the transition to the Linux kernel 5 series.

I can see myself saving up a small fortune to buy something like this in it's second generation of design, manufacturing, distribution, and of course... adoption. This kind of kit is the "Enterprise" of inspiration for open source exploration, discovery, and extension. The projects would be great if you survive the flaming, banning, and then eventual kiss and make-up over a working code process. I'm assuming that code actually links and then compiles successfully. Without screwing up dependencies tied directly to.... Wayland. I'm all for Wayland adoption. It's just taking too long. It's still a mess in all honestly. Things will get better. Just dream about all the things we'll be able to do. We'll have a better code base to secure ourselves to as we dive into the exploration.

The fun of it all!