Only because the world needed another Kickstarter-funded Android gaming console that will more than likely ship months late and under-deliver, we thought we should introduce you to ZRRO. ZRRO opened on Kickstarter today, seeking $200,000 from you and I, so that it can deliver an Android gaming system that plays the way mobile games were meant to be played, with a touch pad. Apparently, consoles that tried to convert mobile touch-friendly games into console-like experiences that utilize a typical gamepad, had it all wrong. ZRRO thinks you should use their hover touch pad, to play like you would on your phone (using your fingers and thumbs), but through your TV…if that makes sense.
The ZRRO is made up of a couple components – the ZRRO BOX and the ZRRO Pad. The box is the console side of the equation, with its quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage (micro SD support up to 32GB), and video output up to 4K. The ZRRO Pad is the controller side that is essentially a flat multi-touch pad with Android’s recent/home/back buttons, plus volume and on/off switches.
The ZRRO tries to be unique with a hover-like experience seen through the ZRRO Pad, in that it detects your fingers as you hover over the pad, so that your touch experience is reflected onto your connected TV. The ZRRO team also claims that they have patented a tech called zTouch that solves a ghosting problem, and thinks this provides the best gaming experiences because they haven’t had to try and convince developers to customize content for their console.
The ZRRO starts at $150 for early birds and will only go up from there. Should the ZRRO reach its funding goals, the current schedule shows it set for delivery in September and October. Anyone taking bets on whether or not that happens?
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The controller by itself is what they should be selling, no one is going to want a box. Let people use the controller while mirroring their phones to their TVs and call it a day.
So why not just Cast?
They discuss this in the Kickstarter page.
Interesting….
ZRRO teams up with Nimrod and the Pressy team, who missed every projected date they came up with. So the question is they hope to release the ZRRO September/October of what year?
Guess there is a ZRRO release date
They might have a decent idea with the touch pad. With many android TV units why not just make the pad Bluetooth or use with a dongle. I don’t really get why they need to make another console.
I’m not sure how they’d cast your finger locations to the screen, a Bluetooth dongle could cast the input but not the visuals of the finger indicators to the screen.
I have a Hardkernel Odroid-U2 that I’ve been trying to turn into the perfect Android media center for like two years but it has evaded me. I’d love to be able to just buy the pad and the receiver and connect it to my system.
I see way too many accidental presses of those nav keys while playing fruit ninja. #FAIL
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Has better battery life than I thought (30 hours of gameplay). But replacing the batteries instead of having a charging station or charger in general seems silly. Still seems like the best thing going…. if they can pull it off.
Correction: playing games on your tablet’s own screen is the best thing going.
Why not a bigger screen with a nicer sound system?
Call me crazy, but I’d rather play touchscreen games on a screen I can touch. 😛
I dunno. I’d rather not have the severe neck issues that are associated with long-term tablet use.
Sounds like a posture problem. You got a study you can link me to?
interesting take on a controller.. i think adding bumpers and triggers like a Xbox or PS controller with that on top as thumb sticks would make a fierce contender.
Thats what I was hoping for too
Guarantee this will get ZRRO dollars from me…
I had to…
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Naah! Nothing beat a real gaming station for me.Still the best. /p.billie from http://www.gaming-consolestop7.tk/