DIY Android+Arduino Controlled Labyrinth (Maze) Game

The device presented in the video represents marble maze game that is controlled using a smartphone via Bluetooth connection.

The device consists of two parts. The first is the Arduino part where the servo motors are controlled and the second part where the signals generated by the accelerometer are sent via the Android smartphone. It consist few components:

– Arduino Nano microcontroller

– Bluetooth adapter

– and two 9g servo motors

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A Massive Upgrade Makes the Classic Super Nintendo Super Scope Work on Modern TVs

Despite a renaissance in outdated gaming tech, there’s a small blip in the history of retro gaming hardware that has all been all but abandoned in the emulation scene: light guns. The way the technology worked simply isn’t compatible with modern TVs and screens, so if you want to get something like the Super Nintendo’s Super Scope working again, you either need to find an old tube TV, or perform a monumental hack on the hardware like Andy West did.

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Why is the Sony PlayStation PS3 so hard to emulate ? | MVG

The recent announcement from Sony that the PS5 wont be backward compatible with PS3 games confused many people. Surely the Zen2 architecture is powerful enough to emulate a PS3 when a mid spec PC has been doing it for years. In this episode we take a look at the complexities of emulating a PlayStation 3 and why its unlikely Sony will consider it for the PlayStation 5

Oculus Quest 2 Users are Getting BANNED and Headsets Bricked

Hello and Welcome to TUESDAY NEWSDAY! Your number one resource for the entire weeks worth of VR news. Today I have have something kind of serious to talk about, all of these happenings with Oculus users getting their accounts banned recently even if they have a legit account through Facebook. I am not sure how widespread the issue is, or if it’s effecting dozens, or hundreds, or thousands of users, but the mass reports are available all over the internet to see. Here’s at least some advice on how to NOT get banned.