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You are almost ready to play the Novint Games. Let’s get comfortable with the
Falcon rst.
The Novint Falcon is an entirely new type of game controller. It is, essentially,
a small robot that replaces your mouse or joystick, to let you experience true
virtual touch unlike any controller in history. The Novint Falcon lets you control
a game in three dimensions, and feel high-delity three-dimensional force
feedback.
The Falcon Grip moves right and left, forwards and backwards, like a mouse, but
also moves up and down. When you hold the Falcon’s detachable Grip and move
your cursor to interact with a virtual object, environment, or character, motors in
the device turn on and are updated approximately 1000 times a second, letting
you feel texture, shape, weight, and dimension.
The Falcon lets you control and interact with games in a more realistic way,
allowing you to develop real physical skill and muscle memory, adding a realistic
new dimension to gaming.