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'Super Angry Birds' Project Adds a Slingshot Controller
Playing Angry Birds on a touchscreen is fun, but why not take a step closer to authenticity? Grab a slingshot, a couple of sparrows--okay, don’t do that. Do, however, take a look at this physical Angry Birds slingshot/controller that two students put together as part of a haptics project at The Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. The students, Andrew Spitz and Hideaki Matsui, rigged up a “slingshot controller” that interacts directly with a digital copy of Angry Birds.
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Slingshot Accessory Makes Angry Birds 10 Times More Fun (VIDEO)
Post by Emily Abbate I don't know if there's ever been a game that's more addictive than Angry Birds. Legit, I couldn't STOP playing it until I beat the whole darn thing a month or two ago. It didn't help that everywhere I went I wa... Read Post
The physics of Angry Birds: just how fat is the red bird?
Wired, proving yet again that it strives to cover only the most important and socially conscientious news, has published a couple of stories on the physics of Angry Birds. In the first part the height of the slingshot and red bird a... Read Post
Physical Custom Controller For Angry Birds
Playing Angry Birds is always a fun way to kill a couple minutes and reduce stress, but touch-screens aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. This group would probably enjoy this gadget. Once again, it’s bird-slingin’ time, but now with a twi... Read Post