It’s been many years since the game controller came out. I don’t know when it came out, but only I know is that the standard console configuration was established and implemented by Nintendo.Many mobile games and online games have become very hot, so there are more things as a medium to communicate players and virtual games, now the game controller is only one of these media, not the only one, however, the distribution of console game players is very large, “Controller” as an indispensable part of the game console. It is one of the most interactive and memorable mainframe components for players, so it has a large market.
Now we see the game controller has been very good. But we’re looking for a more perfect controller.
There is a view:the design of the controller determines what kind of game it is suitable for, and what kind of game experience the player will get. For example,Nintendo has a key layout that is completely unsuitable for combat games; Microsoft’s Xbox Controller realistic trigger buttons of the screen have made it a hit in the FPS world.
the other view:When you operate the controller in the right position, you will be immersed in this traditional mouse and keyboard can not match the experience (pleasure) ; however, if you are not in the right position, it will make you feel uncomfortable while playing the game, Or even angry, you thinking you’re not cut out for game controller.
I think both views need to be considered.As designers, they are trying to fill in the gaps and make the controller even more perfect.
In the aspects of human factor analysis, evaluation and so on, it is unable to meet the design requirements of product human-machine-environment, so more scientific basis should be provided, by using ergonomic theory and biomechanics to guide the user’s comfort experience, the design methods such as the comfort of the grip handle have become a new direction.
Editor read a lot of literature, many of which have their own characteristics, at the same time they also have a lot of common ground is through the practice, the relevant data. For example, they used the methods of Literature Review, Questionnaire Survey, anthropometry, experiment, pressure measurement and finite element analysis, etc. , so get more objective and true data. From a master’s thesis in the Yanshan University, it was discovered that they had developed ergonomics and user comfort analysis by studying anthropometry, hand biomechanics and comfort experience.
The editor consent some ideas in study:
The hand is very important to the human, in the human’s work and study life, the hand is the human carries on many social activities important medium, the hand can realize many complex functions, the hand is considered to be one of the most important and complex parts of the body.
Hand is the main contact interface between most products and people because of its flexibility. Good hand-held product design can not only effectively guide users to operate the product conveniently, it can also reduce the fatigue and the damage caused by it, so as to improve the comfort of the hand-held part of the hand-held products and the relationship between man and machine is particularly important, from the point of view of Ergonomics to guide product design, the method and process of comfort design for holding grip handle were studied by integrating the theories of Biomechanics, anatomy, anthropometry and psychology.
I hope this article for some of friends. as many data are not shown, if you want to know more about it, you can look directly at Wang Xiyu’s master’s thesis to get more practical data.
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