Asus Eee Stick filed in the FCC Exhibits Report
After seeing both Sony and Microsoft come up with their plans to release their own motion sensing controllers – or at least, rumored to be – it’s not much of a surprise at all to see other companies follow suit. We’re talking about the Asus Eee, by the way, and somehow drawing a connection between the ultraportable laptop and the games console may be a bit of a stretch…until you see some similarities in the FCC exhibits report image. Check out how the upcoming Asus Eee Stick motion-sensing peripheral after the jump.
The Wii’s definitely not alone now in the motion-sensing crowd, now that the Asus is going to include a familiar-looking peripheral to its Eee line of products. At least, that’s what the latest find in the Federal Communications Commission says in the FCC exhibits list, which is a pair of Nunchuck-looking peripherals dubbed as the “Eee Stick.”
We’ve had both Sony and Microsoft considering creating a motion-sensing controller for their own consoles; what does the Eee Stick offer for the Asus Eee? The report doesn’t specify how it’s actually going to be used in conjunction with the ultraportable laptop, but we now know that the package will include two controllers.
One of them has an analog stick and another has a D-pad. It will also include the necessary CD software to get it running, a USB dongle – and yes, even wrist straps.
We’re actually pleased to see the diminutive, functional Eees get their own line of accessories, but will using a pair of motion-sensing controllers be actually useful for an ultraportable laptop aside from, say, using them for work presentations? Let’s see what kind of punch the Eee Sticks pack when they finally get to see the light of day.
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