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LOGITECH AT PLAY . . .
BEYOND THE DESKTOP AND INTO THE LIVING ROOM
Logitech’s WingMan® interactive entertainment family increased
dramatically this past year, with the addition of new force
feedback joysticks and improved force feedback steering wheels
for compelling realism during play. For the first time, this power
became affordable for everyone with the introduction of the
WingMan® Strike™ Force 3D, a compact unit that takes up far
less desk space than Logitech’s original premium force feedback
joystick, yet in no way compromises the strength of force feedback
effects. For the gamepad-based genre, Logitech introduced
the popular RumblePad™
, which features sophisticated dual-
motor technology for maximum vibration feedback and precise
360-degree movement.
The introduction of Logitech’s SoundMan® Xtrusio™ DSR-100
speakers, with surround sound provided by a sleek extruded
aluminum subwoofer and four satellites, brought 100 watts of
additional power and pleasure to games and DVD movies on
the PC, delivering high-fidelity sound reproduction from
full, deep bass to soaring highs.
This was the year that Logitech kept its promise
to move beyond the PC—with the announcement
of the first Logitech product for the booming console
market—the world’s first force feedback steering wheel for
PlayStation® 2. Previewed at the Tokyo Game Show in September
2000, the Logitech wheel is designed for use with the top-selling
Gran Turismo™ 3 A-spec racing game from Polyphony Digital.
This exciting product positions the Logitech brand firmly in the
living room, establishing Logitech as a provider of innovative,
high-quality interface devices no matter where people seek to
interact with digital information.
Logitech continues to explore additional computing platforms,
for example, in collaboration with VM Labs, a provider of the
DVD-based NUON gaming environment. At the January 2001
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the two companies
previewed a Logitech gamepad designed for NUON devices.
“I have purchased many of your wired and wireless
mice and keyboards over the past six years, and I
have to admit they are the fi nest investments I have
ever made” — Jason