The making of Logitech's G-series peripherals
By Ross Miller 
posted Jan 14th 2009 4:06AM
posted Jan 14th 2009 4:06AM
Galleries
 G35 Surround Sound Headset |
 G13 Gameboard |
|
 G19 Keyboard |
 G9x mouse |
I'd tap that.
definitely
Ugly just got uglier
G19 not G13
Did they even ask gamers about their opinion? There are always numbers above WADS to choose weapon, but on that picture there are no numbers above. Anti-gamer gaming gameboard?
Yeah this are the "designers" that ditched all the left handed players in one sweep with that gameboard
there are number keys above WADS
http://www.engadget.com/photos/behind-the-scenes-logitech-g19-keyboard/1290181/
Where?
http://www.engadget.com/photos/behind-the-scenes-logitech-g13-gameboard/1290209/
Here
http://www.engadget.com/photos/behind-the-scenes-logitech-g13-gameboard/1290208/
seems like the numbers are only on a conceptual rendering
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/pc_gaming/mice_keyboards/devices/5123&cl=us,en
The REAL question in this pic
http://www.engadget.com/photos/behind-the-scenes-logitech-g13-gameboard/1290208/
Is what class has 400STR, 1000+ AGI but only 153 STA....
Hunter? Rogue? Though I can't think of a reason either would have 400 STR....
That's 224 AGI...
I really like the series except the mouse.
i'm really not digging all these new gaming mouse on the market, the G5 & G7 might be old, but it work better than all these newer POS.
Great Stuff for an Irish company.
Isn't Logitech Swiss?
Logitech Group is Chinese. Logitech Holdings is Swiss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logitech
It's easy when you have the internet to find out the truth before you post.
Design Partners = Irish. Logitech = Swiss. Logitech contract Design Partners to design some of their products.
All Logitech's R&D for mice is done in Cork, Ireland too.
@Volker
It's amazing when someone from the internet makes obnoxious post in reply to a friendly question only to have it thrown back in their face. Did you even read what you posted?
Its was founded in SWISS!!!
HISTORY
Logitech International S.A. was co-founded in Apples, Vaud, Switzerland, in 1981 by two Stanford Masters alumni, Daniel Borel and Pierluigi Zappacosta, and Giacomo Marini, formerly a manager at Olivetti.
Look at the state of all that, I pity the person who wants all that junk on their desk.
i use the mouse and it is awesome...my new best friend...
I pity your old best friend
What, the G5? He had it coming.
@lanosian
Since when has somebody fondling you all day been a bad thing?
It's a shame Logitech didn't replaced the new gaming keyboard's bulky keys. Those bulky-ugly keys are the only thing that stops me from buying one. (I owned a Lycosa, I've also owned a G15 for about a day, then returned it back cause of those goddamn keys).
What's that material in pic http://www.engadget.com/photos/behind-the-scenes-logitech-g9x-mouse/1290244/?
What material do they use to cut out models by hand? Like in pic http://www.engadget.com/photos/behind-the-scenes-logitech-g19-keyboard/1290193/
i would guess it's some sort of foam
we used to make models out of blue foam in uni (or college, whatever you call it)
but looks like they are using a different type of foam, most probably a better quality and more expensive one?
in the Industrial Design field, we use renshape, or modulan, or its under other names per brand manufacturer of the high density foam.
at my school (cal state long beach)
we have different "grades" of foam, the lowest is softer and less dense which means you gotta work harder for the finsih, the higher "grade" foam is tougher to work with but the finish is much easier.
choose one i guess.
I think it's Cibatool. A weird Resin used because it's very easy to machine, and sand etc... you can get a good finish.
monstrosity
...talk about hardcore gaming.
you mean they don't just harvest these things from crashed alien space craft?
I love my video games just as much as any other red-blooded American, but c'mon.
If any of my friends had this, I'd smack them in the head
" I'd smack them in the head. "
If you had these devices, perhaps you would not get pwned all the time, and not have all that built up anger and frustration.
I'm sure your "friends" would appreciate a less violent you. And then you guys could talk about the awesomeness that comes from being an owner of some of the finest gaming peripherals available on the market.
Or he could not buy it and "get some" more often.
I don't know what anyone see in that keyboard. It's the ugliest thing I ever seen since 1980's drumsets.
Aah, the classic "plastic alien spaceship" motif.
Fugly. Looks like what people in the 70s thought the future would look like. Seriously, that headset, while probably a function/form compromise, looks like something you'd see in NASA PR photos from the Apollo era.
Wait a second... maybe that makes it cool.
I'm less attractive to the opposite sex for just having looked at that. Thanks.
any of you guys industrial designers???
I really don't know why all the "performance" things have to be so ugly in design. What's wrong of making a performance keyboard look like an Ultrax or something similar, besides, programmable buttons are nice and my guess is, that the d-pad thing is for sliding through options or menus, which really just makes things more complicated and not really useful for gaming (where you need to react fast in most of the situations). The display is also something I'd never use down there. If you have to have a display, make it detachable so I can stick it to the monitor or somewhere inside my FOV or else it's pretty much useless.I'd also like to see low profile keys, shouldn't be too hard manufacturing two models, one with standard the other one with low profile keys.
Right now I'd pick another Logitech Ultrax over this anyday.
Even the IBM Model M I use every day is prettier than this thing. O.o
I want one
The 80s called, they want their design back.
Buy now and they throw in a Pontiac Vibe or Aztec at no extra cost....
EEK! just got much more Yuck!
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