- Nanoleaf has launched a new strip of light that is synced with your screen
- It could give an immersive lift to Mac players
- Apple has also patented a magic mouse with haptic feedback
Things have been looking for Mac players in recent years, with Apple launching increasingly powerful hardware and AAA games that come to the company’s computers in increasing numbers. Now there are a few new reasons why Mac games could get a touch more immersive.
The first is that Nanoleaf has just launched the PC screen’s mirror light strip, which is a lighting strip for Mac and PC -Desktop screens that give rainbow effects to an immersive experience while playing, listening to music or watching TV shows and movies.
The strip connects to your computer over USB-C and must be paired using Nanoleaf’s desktop app. Once done, its lights can actively match what happens on your screen, giving a backlighting power that extends the colors on the screen to your surroundings.
Nanoleaf’s Lightstrip costs $ 49.99 and can be pre -ordered from the company’s website. It’s starting to send at the end of March.
Apple -Patent points to a haptic game magic mouse
While Nanoleaf’s latest product is available for ordering now, there is another idea that can give Mac players a boost that is a little more experimental and it comes in the form of a freshly uncovered patent (via patent Apple).
The patent describes how a future magical mouse could be embedded with haptic sensors that mimic the effects of action on screen. For example, it can allow you to feel the structure by moving through sand or sliding on ice, giving a much more immersive gaming experience.
Right now, Apple’s magic mouse is poorly suitable for games due to its smooth top surface, youngonomic shape and lack of custom buttons. While the ideas discussed in the patent can help make it more viable for games, it needs a more broad revision before it becomes players’ marker after election. That said, the idea of a mouse that is embedded with haptic sensors could just as for creative and productivity tasks, so there is a degree of flexibility here.
To be a patent we do not know when – or if – this will ever come to execution. But it is interesting to imagine how it can benefit both Mac players and productivity cutters.
