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Turn Your iPhone into a Computer Game Controller with iFun

Source: Mashable!

5 days ago

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The iPhone’s accelerometer technology has already lead to a number of very cool and very popular games. But tonight, SGN is taking it to a whole different level, allowing you to utilize the Nintendo Wii-like functionality to turn your iPhone (or iPod Touch) into a computer game controller that can be used on your desktop machine.

Called iFun, the new features are an extension of SGN’s existing gaming lineup (iBowl, iBaseball, iGolf, etc.). iGolf is the first game to get the iFun treatment, and while you’ll look utterly ridiculous playing it, it’s incredibly cool and shows where iPhone games could be headed.

To get started, you create an account on the new iFun website and download the application to your phone. Then, you login on both, take a golf swing with phone in-hand, and watch the ball fly on the computer screen. This is exactly how iGolf works on your phone, except now, it’s on your big screen monitor. It’s essentially like playing a real computer or console game, but using your iPhone or iPod touch as the controller.

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