3dRudder Wireless lets you control your games and apps with your feet.
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3dRudder Wireless lets you control VR games — with your feet

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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3dRudder wants virtual reality users to get off on the right foot. The New York startup has created a wireless foot-powered controller for PC games, mobile apps, and VR headsets.

The company unveiled what may be the strangest product at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. But hey, it is a CES 2017 Innovation Awards Honoree in two categories, Gaming and Accessible Tech. And when you think about it that way, it may not be such a bad idea, as 3dRudder Wireless adds a fourth axis of motion for total VR immersion while leaving your hands free to use other devices.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.