The Act Lab engineers all run their comps without covers
for quick access. Or maybe they're overclocked and need more
cooling.
An early mock up of a joystick that didn't quite make it to
the market.
Many of the design work for Act Lab products are done at
this office. This is their PCB cut out machine. Used to cut
PCBs of course.
The warehouse is just loaded with forced feedback wheels
and other goodies!
Raymond and Mudzy in the warehouse. Mudzy is calculating
how many wheels he can take without Ray noticing. :)
Raymond shows us the many stages the RS Force Feedback
wheel went though before the final design.
This is the very first mockup of the RS Force Feedback
Wheel. It cost $150,000 to make.
Here they tried again. This time with a see-though cover.
Blew another $100,000 on that.
Act Labs latest products are these cool gear shifters.
You can even remove the shift knob, and put in your own
We love to show you more but we're under a NDA not to tell all
we saw. I will say that Act Labs got some really neat stuff coming
down the pipes. The visit ended with a BBQ in the parking lot and
the customary exchange of T Shirts. If you're in the market for a
new controller, check Act
Labs out. You can read more about our Act Lab visit over at The
Game Den.
