Sony has announced the availability to
preorder their new virtual reality foot controller in the form of the Sony
PlayStation 3dRudder. Preorders are now open with prices starting from € 119 or
£ 119 with delivery expected to take place around its official launch date of
June 17th, 2019.
Cecile Valery Director of Social Media at PlayStation explains
more about the inspiration behind the 3dRudder VR foot controller.
“I’m an architect,” explains company co-founder
Valerio Bonora of the peripheral’s origins. “10 years ago I was in charge of
redesigning all the metal work of one of Paris’s historical monument – not the
Eiffel tower, for those wondering! “I was sat at my computer using my hands to
zoom in and out and rotate the structure over and over while designing it. My
wrists were aching, and I thought: ‘this all would be much more efficient if I
could move around in my project with my feet, and keep my hands focused on
designing’. That’s how I started drawing the first concept of the foot motion
controller.” Fast forward ten years and here we are with the 3dRudder, which is
coming to PS4 in a few weeks.”
