Novint Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NVNT), the pioneer of 3D touch for consumer computing, announced today that they are developing 3D touch software drivers for World of Warcraft (WoW), which has over 10 million users. Novint plans to release the drivers for the award-winning Falcon game controller, which allows users to feel realistic game actions, objects, environments and force feedback, later this year. The drivers, built using WoW's LUA Scripting system, will let players feel their character's actions, spells, enemy attacks and other interactions dramatically enhancing the gaming experience. Novint is also integrating a unique interface in the game which gives players easy access to a customizable selection of spells and other game inventory items, allowing players to intuitively map up to 36 actions to Falcon movements with an in game User-Interface.
The Falcon is essentially a small robot that replaces a mouse or joystick, allowing players to feel high-fidelity three-dimensional touch in enabled games. Novint's interface to Falcon games, information, software updates, unique content, and community. A full copy of the game must be owned to use the drivers.
"The Falcon gives WoW players a totally immersive experience that we believe takes the game to a new level. Players feel their game actions and can easily cast spells and make attacks using our innovative interface." said Novint CEO, Tom Anderson. "Coupled with our recent partnerships with EA and Valve Software, we now offer Falcon compatibility to a user base of over 30 million people."
About Novint
Novint (OTCBB: NVNT) develops, markets, and licenses technology that adds high-fidelity interactive 3D touch to computing.
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