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Intimate Controllers
May 4, 2007 - by Ian Bogost

Intimate ControllersThink you've seen every kind of alternate interface? NYU ITP student Jenny Chowdhury has devoted her masters thesis work to making a videogame controller out of a bra and undershorts. She calls it Intimate Controllers. Players have to touch each other in intimate places to play games created for the device.

There's a video of one of the prototypes on her website, which seems to be a rhythm matching type of game tied to an abstract fiction about compatibility with one's partner. Great stuff.

(thanks to Nico)



Comment from Phalligator on May 5, 2007

I think it should be undershorts and panties, or else one partner gets short changed.

I'm sure she won't have trouble finding testers. : )

Comment from IQpierce on June 15, 2007

Seems that she's presented her thesis; Wired has a new article on this:
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/06/sexdrive_0615


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