Fads don't describe a lot of the tech that people are mentioning. A lot of them are underutilised or unappreciated products, not fads.

An example of this would be the Novint Falcon which claimed to let people feel what they were touching properly.

If you were into home recording in the past, i'd say no. Firewire used to have the upper hand when it came to audio interfaces (unless you only needed just a handful of channels i guess); nowadays, USB2.0 interfaces provide more than enough bandwidth for 16 or more input channels and just as many output channels simultaneously, which would be an overkill for a home recording studio anyway. As for Thunderbolt interfaces, while they are significantly faster than anything else at the moment, they're also significantly pricier and not really needed in most cases, even though i'm sure there are people who put them to good use.

In replacement of the function keys, actually.

Thing is, the best keyboards have a high feedback, plus hitting your fingers on a flat surface doesn't really feel good at all.

A product I've never heard of until now, does not have a convincing product website, and the reviews on Amazon are suspiciously generous.

Also, it's price is 200-300 bucks. I looked up videos, and I'm having to wonder why people who would put down hard cash for big gaming rigs and silly chairs haven't even heard of this or don't have one. So either their marketing is shit (wouldn't surprise me) or this product is simply too expensive for the niche it's trying to fill. It could also be simply that if this is a revolutionary product, their early version is not the one to buy.

For example, why haven't Logitech, Steelseries, or other companies come out of the woodwork to make a better, more streamlined version of it? That massive ball won't fit on my desk but an 8bitdo gamepad will. Why haven't the major console manufactures commented, "We'd really like to put that in our next controller!"

The "Special Package" version of Tetsuya Mizuguchi's REZ came with a Trance Vibrator which added casual vibration in sync with the music. REZ has now been ported to VR ("REZ Infinite") and is very, very cool! Today's players can use an ordinary XBox controller as their trance vibrator! (Not even joking)

Curiously, it was seeing a photo of Nasa's VIEW VR headset which originally made Mizuguchi become a game developer.

Hey, I still use those. Using them is the easiest way to build a contiously running cloud chamber. Or to cool any other devices if you don't want a continous flow of Nitrogen and a compressor cooler is too noisy or too bulky.


But back to topic: Tamagochi!

Motion controls, those were the worst. And of course games had to utilize it, making them a lot less fun to play.

Google Glass. I don't pity those who bought them.

Fidget Spinners.

I mean who the heck popularized that? I see no need for it as there are better ways to get rid of stress and you could always use your thumbs to "fidget".

It came out over a decade ago and games had to support it.

If you have space for a mouse pad you have space for this. Why would Logitech make one when the product is made by a different company. Those companies have grown a bit lazy in recent years.
For example Logitech added a wheel to one of it's keyboards and made a big song and dance about it like it was some big new step when midi keyboards and video production have had them for ages. They haven't updated their main trackball model in over a decade or innovated with their gamepads.

Oh, one big fad is still missing: DRM! Let's all hope that it will be seen as fad and disappear one day!

Remember when "Gamer" accessories were cool? Today, buying a Gamer keyboard (Made in China) is social suicide.


Also, those "3D games" are just a fad!

No need, I still have my Newton somewhere ;)