An ambitious new Kickstarter surfaced today that shows off a new way to play touchscreen games. The Ringbow is a ring you slide on your finger, with a large button that performs various functions in-game.
In a concept video, an example was presented where instead of simply touching a dragon to pop them - which is the kind of complexity we’ve seen in plenty of touchscreen minigames - you hold onto its tail, and then zap it by pressing your finger to the button.
Ringbow also showed off a tank concept, in which you drag tanks around via touchscreen and fire by physically pressing the button. While gaming seems to be the main focus, it could also lead to a variety of different artistic and everyday functions, like brush pressure in drawing apps or touchless scrolling in browsers.
All of Ringbow's conceptual uses are equal parts interesting and rudimentary, but that doesn't mean it'll stay that way. Just as the iPad was just a big iPod Touch before developers got their hands on it, we hope the RingBow will bolster enough developer support for some truly interesting touchscreen experiences.
The Ringbow isn't just a single button, either. It's actually a D-pad style button with 9 directional inputs. It has an advertised charge of 4-6 hours on a single charge, and weighs under 200g.
Truthfully, what we really want from it is a new way to play FPS’s onscreen (Seriously – think about making a gun out of your hand and firing with your thumb).
Ringbow’s Kickstarter is live now, so go check it out. $35 - $45 will buy you a black RingBow, and at $55 you can pick your color - which is definitely worth it, because one of the colors is called "Blouis C.K."
Each Ringbow comes with a gaming package, with a handful of games, so you'll have something to play if developers haven't hopped fully onboard by the time you receive the unit. The Ringbow will become a reality if they beat their seemingly reasonable goal of $100,000, so go check it out on their Kickstarter.
Source : ign[dot]com
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