Valve has the controller for SteamBox to show. The controller differs strongly from that for Xbox and PlayStation and has two trackpads on the places where normal thumbsticks sit and also contains no d-pad.
The trackpads are clickable and show a new kind of haptic feedback, giving the user feedback should get about the movements on the touchpads. Therefore, it is a cross between a traditional mouse and a conventional controller.
Among the touchpads, a touchscreen, the virtual buttons can display and also clickable. In order to press a button, the user screen press, just like BlackBerry did with the smartphone Storm. As a user above the touch screen, the interface thereof on the screen of the tv or monitor, enabling users to screen can watch.
The controller should work with Steam games, and follows shortly after the announcement of Steam OS. The unveiling of the controller is probably the prelude to the unveiling of the console SteamBox. Valve has no information given about the coming of the Steam Box, but the company confirmed in January of this year again that it is the console still in 2013 would reveal.
The company had last year all the Big Picture mode within the Steam client introduced, an interface with large fonts and clear icons is legible on high-definition tvs. In addition, the Big Picture mode via a gamepad controlled. Further Valve have been working hard to are Steam software compatible with Linux. So can Steam be run in Ubuntu. Valve ceo Gabe Newell spoke recently that, in his eyes, Linux and open source the future of gaming and the advent of SteamOS is an important step.
