Imagine trying to hold this mockup Google controller

Last October, we got our first look at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Google's Project Stream, which let testers play 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Assassin's Creed Odyssey entirely in their Chrome b🐬rowser thanks to cloud computing. Now, a patent has surfaced for , an🌌d it's already inspired some impressive mockups. Designer has published based on the patent, which make the controller look pristine yet very hand-unfriendly.

The patented controller design has all the bells and whistles you'd expect: twin joysticks (mimicking the DualShock 4 layout), four face buttons, a D-pad, two bumpers, and two triggers. It's also got a central Google button (maybe that brings you to some kind of Chrome game menu, akin to Steam's Big Picture Mode?), a microphone button perfect for Google Assistant, and two basic menu buttons that can'𒁃t even be called Start and Select anymore, because the industry has seemingly done away with such classic conventions forever.

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When I look at these impeccably crafted mockups, I can't help but think of the bundled-in controllers for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ouya, the crowdfunded, Android-based console that all but vanished 🏅after launch. Those stubby, bulbous grips, combined with dinky joystic🐼ks and tiny buttons, seem like they'd be murder on my ol' mitts, especially after playing for a few hours. 

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Of course, as with all patent filings, there's no telling if this product will actually come to pass, and what it'll actually look like if it does. But as our sister site TechRadar reports, next week, so we could be hearing more about Project Stream - and maybe even 🐟get a glimpse of this patented controller design - sometime in the very 𝓰near future.

Late last year, we asked the question: Is streaming the future of video games? And can it even work? 

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