{"id":84443,"date":"2015-12-14T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T09:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=84443"},"modified":"2015-12-14T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T09:51:17","slug":"watch-the-production-of-the-steam-controller-courtesy-of-an-aperture-assembly-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/84443-watch-the-production-of-the-steam-controller-courtesy-of-an-aperture-assembly-line","title":{"rendered":"Watch the production of the Steam Controller, courtesy of an Aperture assembly line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a bit of a treat, during the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/controller\/update\/dec15\" target=\"_blank\">December 2015 Steam Controller Update<\/a>, Valve included a video demonstrating the production of the Steam Controller.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really rather interesting \u2013 we love ourselves a good How it\u2019s Made-esque production line video, particularly if it\u2019s the production of a gadget or hardware \u2013 but perhaps the best part of the video was the Aperture logos plastered on the robots. Throw in the <em>Portal <\/em>theme and you\u2019ve got a fairly surreal, eerie video.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s virtually all robotic; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GLaDOS\" target=\"_blank\">GLaDOS<\/a> would be so proud.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCgnWqoP4MM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Valve also made a point of introducing a number of new developments regarding their new controller, like the use of its gyroscopic sensors in FPS games.<\/p>\n<p>Having seen the videos, which you\u2019ll find in the update page, we\u2019re rather impressed by the community\u2019s work, and even more so of Valve\u2019s foresight to offer community involvement like they did.<\/p>\n<p>The update goes on to describe the various mouse-like movements and options available to users of the Steam Controller.<\/p>\n<p>If you own one or are thinking about it, you should definitely check it out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1394827710-steam-controller-redesigned.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84447\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84447\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1394827710-steam-controller-redesigned.jpg\" alt=\"Steam Controller Redesigned\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1394827710-steam-controller-redesigned.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1394827710-steam-controller-redesigned-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Steam!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/84395-as-many-as-77-000-steam-accounts-are-hacked-every-month.html\">As many as 77, 000 Steam accounts are hacked every month<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/84203-half-life-3-listed-in-steam-database.html\">Half-Life 3 listed in Steam Database<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/83421-more-steam-users-are-already-using-windows-10-than-windows-8.html\">More Steam users are already using Windows 10 than Windows 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/83369-steams-adoption-of-the-rand-means-cheaper-games.html\">Steam\u2019s adoption of the Rand means cheaper games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s virtually all robotic; GLaDOS would be so proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":84449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16685,4734,1969,15397,16683,85,11364,697,183],"class_list":["post-84443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-aperture","tag-gamepad","tag-news-2","tag-pc","tag-production","tag-steam","tag-steam-controller","tag-valve","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}