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Valve Engineering (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 143 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And like many classic bits of nerd silliness, it's also low-key impressive at the technical level.

The controller doesn't have a speaker in it. They managed to get this clear, recognizable sound from haptic feedback motors!

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  • [–] 48 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    They did the same on the first model! But only for a few things

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    They did what now? 🤯

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Haptics motors make sound, you can control the pitch by how fast you make the haptics vibrate. Map the vibrate speed to audio frequencies and you can play sounds

    Like how they can make an F1 engine play happy birthday https://youtu.be/Tr4zb-HHZs4

    Or floppy drives play music
    https://youtu.be/yHJOz_y9rZE

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