Stinkyboard - reviews wanted

Its a fucking expensive foot pedal. I dont see anything to justify that price.
What makes it any better than THIS or even THIS

I love it. Works as advertised, easy to adjust the tension with the provided springs or buying different ones that fit inside the spring TBOX wells. It will make a bit of noise if you bottom out the pedal, but can be dampened with a little disassembly of the board and installing some well-placed rubber gaskets and channels.

The software is basic, but it does all that needs to for firmware updates, button assignment, button actions, profiles, game-detected profiles, etc. However, there is no packaged macro support so you will need to use third-party software.

So it's a four-button single-footed setup for your feet.
It's a cool idea, and $99 isn't outrageous for what you get (the main advantage is the mapping software that comes with it, if you're not a developer then using a normal footpedal to emulate keyboard input isn't possible).
In terms of VR application, I suppose you could use one of these as a walker - like emulate WASD with the four directions on the stinkyboard. This isn't anything all that new though - people have been doing that with Wii balance-boards for at least a couple of years. But again, using a balance-board to achieve this isn't exactly a walk-in-the-park if you're not tech-savvy. Not only that, but the software that converts the OSC data outputted by the balance board into keyboard commands is different on windows and mac - and it's not free on mac!

So yeah, I can see this being a very handy peripheral for casual VR use. It's not an immersive way to move around, but it's cheap, and easy to setup.

"mptp" wrote:
So it's a four-button single-footed setup for your feet.
It's a cool idea, and $99 isn't outrageous for what you get (the main advantage is the mapping software that comes with it, if you're not a developer then using a normal footpedal to emulate keyboard input isn't possible).
In terms of VR application, I suppose you could use one of these as a walker - like emulate WASD with the four directions on the stinkyboard. This isn't anything all that new though - people have been doing that with Wii balance-boards for at least a couple of years. But again, using a balance-board to achieve this isn't exactly a walk-in-the-park if you're not tech-savvy. Not only that, but the software that converts the OSC data outputted by the balance board into keyboard commands is different on windows and mac - and it's not free on mac!

So yeah, I can see this being a very handy peripheral for casual VR use. It's not an immersive way to move around, but it's cheap, and easy to setup.

That is exactly what I intend to do with it.

"Falknir" wrote:
I love it. Works as advertised, easy to adjust the tension with the provided springs or buying different ones that fit inside the spring TBOX wells. It will make a bit of noise if you bottom out the pedal, but can be dampened with a little disassembly of the board and installing some well-placed rubber gaskets and channels.

The software is basic, but it does all that needs to for firmware updates, button assignment, button actions, profiles, game-detected profiles, etc. However, there is no packaged macro support so you will need to use third-party software.

Thanks man - good to know- purchased one!