Josh King’s viral slide-out MagSafe gamepad found a home at OhSnap and looks amazing

Dec 21, 2024 08:57 AM - 1 month ago 60133

When 19-year-old Josh King suggested he would single-handedly redefine mobile gaming pinch his 3D-printed gamepad, drawing a nonstop statement from himself to Steve Jobs, I person to admit I thought it was a spot much!

But it’s nary longer conscionable a 3D-printed controller. OhSnap, the institution down the fantabulous magnetic PopSocket alternatives I showed you successful October, is now officially turning his creation into the coolest looking gamepad attachment I’ve ever seen for a phone:

It’s nary taller aliases wider than an iPhone, truthful it should descent into a pocket. It’s sewage a MagSafe shape of magnets to connect it to your magnetic ringing device. You don’t person to region it to usage your telephone for illustration a phone, because the full gamepad retracts underneath, a small for illustration the slide-out keyboard phones (or PlayStation Phones) of aged — and now, it’s mounted connected a spring-loaded limb that pops retired astatine the push of a fastener and besides somewhat angles your instrumentality towards your face.

The OhSnap Mcon’s hinge successful action.

The OhSnap Mcon’s hinge successful action.

Video by Josh King / OhSnap

OhSnap moreover recovered room for a brace of Nintendo Switch-esque analog sticks, pinch drift-resistant Hall effect sensors, and brace of fold-out grips truthful you tin (theoretically) clasp it much for illustration a full-size gamepad. The sticks are clickable buttons, and it’s sewage a afloat group of enarthrosis buttons and triggers arsenic well.

An illustration pinch the grips unfolded.

An illustration pinch the grips unfolded.

Image: OhSnap

Two months ago, Retro Game Corps came distant impressed pinch a prototype, and it seems King has been very engaged since then. As he explains on YouTube, he initially tried to commencement his ain institution astir the gamepad, moreover attracted a fewer investors, manufactured immoderate boards and was moving toward injection molding, earlier he started moving retired of money and reached retired to OhSnap astir a partnership.

It’ll beryllium disposable successful achromatic and achromatic astatine launch, though King says they’re moving connected different operation and lucifer colorful parts truthful you tin style it.

Speaking of money, we don’t person immoderate thought really overmuch it’ll cost, peculiarly astatine unit — OhSnap is readying to motorboat a Kickstarter connected January 2nd to raise funds. It’s taking signups present for now.

I should beryllium getting my ain hands connected a prototype adjacent period astatine CES 2025 successful Las Vegas, and I’ll fto you cognize really it feels.

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