Don’t like the look or feel of the ever-divisive Steam Controller? Valve just released all the information you’ll need to modify or rebuild it.
You can grab the complete package, which comprises the Steam Controller’s mechanical CAD geometry, right here. Valve briefly outlined its contents:
“The archive contains several eDrawings viewer files: from Creo Express and native Modeling, to neutral exchange and 3D print files – for compatibility with a wide variety of your design tools.”
Valve is making the geometry of all externally visible parts of the Steam Controller available under Creative Commons licensing. This means you can do as you wish with the little Darth Vader face that could, but you still have to get Valve’s permission if you want to make money off your creations.
It’s a pretty cool move, and it continues Valve’s push toward letting users do whatever they damn well please with the Steam Controller. People have been tinkering with Valve’s versatile piece of PC tech sans a roadmap for quite some time, so I imagine they’re pretty pleased about this.
The hardware itself might not be for everybody, but you’ve gotta admire it on principle. It’ll be interesting to see what comes of this. Fingers crossed for a version that’s a bit easier on thumbs.
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