Retro gaming outfit unveils PC controller with built-in heart rate monitor — also features IPS screen, 1,000Hz polling, and six-axis gyroscope

Retro gaming outfit unveils PC controller with built-in heart rate monitor — also features IPS screen, 1,000Hz polling, and six-axis gyroscope

(Image credit: Anbernic ) (Image credit: Anbernic ) Also in the video, you can see a chart being updated from the RG G01’s built-in app. Through the magic of machine translation, we know the display is relaying details like heart rate over time, and there are user settings for history, heart rate alarms, and more. Surely, the retail version of this controller will allow users to switch UI languages.

We don’t know the resolution of the screen, except that it is teased as being ‘HD’, so it should have decent pixel density, and in the video, on-screen elements look reasonably crisp. With that screen built in, and a modicum of onboard processing power, RAM, and storage, the controller is begging to be modded into a self-contained retro-gaming system. Doom anyone? RG name hints at retro, but the controller seems very modern…

With the Anbernic RG G01 special sauce thoroughly discussed, let’s ponder over its more general controller-centric specs. Digging through the Anbernic PR and video, other important specs and features of this controller include its:

Six-axis gyroscope, affording plenty of scope for fast and intuitive movement control, alongside calibrated triggers, joysticks, and motion sensors

Purple Kirin’s electro-inductive capacitive joysticks – a hall-effect tech rival with similar no-drift no wear promises – but also claimed to be super precise and immune to magnetic interference.

Rapid trigger settings with two-stage trigger locks – switching from linear to micro-switch mode

Tri-mode connectivity (wired, Bluetooth, 2.4G wireless)

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