November Meeting: An Evening with Novint Technologies (11/11)

[Eric Renz-Whitmore]

This month the Rio Grande IGDA proudly presents an evening featuring
Novint
Technologies, creators of the critically-acclaimed Novint Falcon.

Born out of haptics (3D touch) research conducted at Sandia National
Laboratories, Novint Technologies has made it possible to simulate
realistic
sensations of touch through a low-cost consumer device. Recently,
Novint
Technologies has been a buzz in the game development world, with major
publishers such as Electronic Arts and Valve signing up to have the
Falcon
integrated into their respective titles. Along with these titles,
Novint has
self-published several games featuring the Falcon, and just released
the
Pistol Grip addition to the Falcon, giving a new experience to the
first
person shooter genre. Representatives will be on hand discussing the
latest
developments at Novint and have plenty of Falcons on hand for
attendees to
try.

From the company website:

"Novint Technologies, Inc. (NVNT) is the pioneer of 3D touch for
consumer
computing. Novint is developing a new category of products that add
high-fidelity interactive three-dimensional touch to computing,
beginning
with our introduction of the award-winning Novint Falcon. The Novint
Falcon
is a first-of-a-kind game controller that lets you experience
realistic 3D
touch and force feedback when playing touch-enabled games."


What: Rio Grande IGDA Meeting: An Evening with Novint Technologies
When: November 11, 2008. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (meeting starts promptly at
7:00).
Where: Arts Center Design College (5000 Marble Ave NE)
Cost: Free!

[Eric Renz-Whitmore]

Novint Falcons, their new pistol grip attachment, cool games, Red
Bull, and one lucky winner (Joe Chavez from our host organization, the
Art Center Design College, grrr).

Thanks again to Novint, and those who could make it!

Eric

[Jon.Whetzel]

For those you missed out on the fun, here are some pics from the
event. Thanks again to Novint and all those who attended.

http://picasaweb.google.com/jon.whetzel/IGDAEventAnEveningWithNovintTechnologies

-- Jon