Viral, Tourist Submarine Wreck of the Titanic OceanGate Controlled Using Game Controller Logitech F710 Wireless Gamepad?

Liputan6.com, Jakarta The search for OceanGate’s Titanic shipwreck tourist submarine, Titan, is still being carried out today.

Recently, news went viral saying that the submarine that had disappeared since Sunday local time was controlled using sticks or game controllers.

It is not known whether the tourist submarine of the Titanic wreck was still using game sticks when it disappeared some time ago. However, this viral news emerged based on news from CBS Reports in November 2022.

To quote ign, Thursday (22/6/2023), several media reported that the stick used was for Xbox or PlayStation. However, it is known controllers That is the Logitech F710 Wireless Gamepad.

It is known in the pictures taken by CBS Reports in November last year. At that time, correspondent CBS David Pogue had visited the submarine and met the CEO of Stockton Rush.

“We run everything with game controllers this,” he said at the time, as quoted from CBS News.

To quote InsidersRush called with gamepads modified it, the crew received text message instructions from the surface ship, and then used controllers to steer the submarine.

This viral news also made many internet users make fun of the usage video game controllers the submarine, with some calling it destined to fail.

Even so, the use of the controller video games on a submarine is not something foreign. Utilization of game hardware like this has also been used by the United States military.