Since the launch of Apple Arcade, a cloud gaming platform, Apple has gradually expanded its game content in an attempt to gain a foothold in the gaming market. According to the latest Apple patent documents released by the US Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office, the company has plans to launch its own game controller, which at first glance is a bit similar in concept to Nintendo’s Switch.
According to “Patently Apple”, Apple’s game controller patent is still in the experimental stage, and the diagrams in the document show different types of game controllers; the first patent was published on March 31, and the second patent was published in Announced on April 10th.
According to the patent documents, Apple’s game controller design concept is a bit like the Joy-Con of the existing Switch. It is a set of two accessories that can be connected to the side of the Apple device (joint on the side of the iPhone and iPad). side), and can be used in either portrait or landscape orientation.
In addition, Apple has designed another game controller specifically for the iPhone, a foldable phone case with buttons. Intimately, this case is also equipped with a small display that can be used to display additional game content; this replacement case is also equipped with a touch keyboard.
There’s a third game controller in Apple’s patent filings, with a Sense-making design; the game controller works with Apple products like iPhone, iPad, and Mac via Bluetooth; and it also has a special switch , in addition to enabling Game Mode on the device, it can also answer calls directly while the player is playing.
(Source of the first picture: Science and Technology News)
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