
Home Button can function as a Joystick. It was published by the United States Patent Office, a patent revealing a technology for turning the iPhone’s «home» button into a Joystick.
It was published by the United States Patents and Trademarks, a patent revealing a technology to transform the “home» of iPhone on a JoystickAs we can see in the images below, the home button would continue with its normal functions and the Touch ID, and would jump out, giving way to a “analog directional control ”:
One click would be enough to let go, and it can be used for games and even other functions, thus having a Joystick built-in and always present on your device. In this way, the need to always have a device to adapt to the device would be eliminated.
With this patent, the Apple shows that she is concerned and that handheld games really are a trend. Is that you? Did you think that this is a practical solution for mobile games?