<s>
Novint	B-Device
Technologies	I-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
a	O
corporation	O
incorporated	O
in	O
Delaware	O
and	O
based	O
in	O
Albuquerque	O
,	O
New	O
Mexico	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
designed	O
and	O
built	O
haptic	B-Device
,	O
or	O
3D	O
touch	O
,	O
devices	O
and	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
developed	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
,	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
consumer	O
3D	O
touch	O
device	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
sense	O
of	O
touch	O
in	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
has	O
two	O
primary	O
areas	O
of	O
focus	O
,	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
professional	O
uses	O
of	O
its	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
feel	O
objects	O
and	O
events	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
more	O
immersive	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
professional	O
applications	O
group	O
in	O
Novint	B-Device
,	O
called	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Products	O
Group	O
(	O
APG	O
)	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
's	O
technology	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
add	O
the	O
sense	O
of	O
touch	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
professional	O
applications	O
and	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
's	O
flagship	O
consumer	O
product	O
is	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
,	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
haptic	B-Device
device	I-Device
intended	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
mouse	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
comes	O
from	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
falcon	O
is	O
a	O
predator	O
of	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
buttons	O
are	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Logo	O
for	O
the	O
primary	O
button	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
an	O
'	O
N	O
 '	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
upside	O
down	O
triangle	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
'	O
V	O
 '	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
lightning	O
bolt	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
an	O
'	O
N	O
 '	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
plus	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
'	O
T	O
 '	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
collectively	O
make	O
the	O
letters	O
'	O
NVNT	O
 '	O
,	O
the	O
consonants	O
in	O
Novint	B-Device
's	O
name	O
and	O
its	O
ticker	O
symbol	O
as	O
a	O
public	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
front	O
flattened	O
point	O
of	O
the	O
Falcon	O
's	O
conical	O
housing	O
is	O
a	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
logo	O
that	O
lights	O
up	O
in	O
different	O
colors	O
to	O
indicate	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
position	O
of	O
that	O
haptic	B-Device
cursor	O
is	O
therefore	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
Falcon	O
's	O
movements	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Falcon	O
's	O
software	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
forces	O
to	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
has	O
developed	O
several	O
grip	O
accessories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
consumer	O
side	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
developed	O
a	O
pistol	O
grip	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
shape	O
of	O
a	O
pistol	O
handle	O
and	O
attaches	O
to	O
the	O
Falcon	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
spherical	O
grip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
has	O
also	O
developed	O
several	O
professional	O
grips	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
3	O
Degree	O
of	O
Freedom	O
(	O
3	O
DOF	O
)	O
grip	O
that	O
tracks	O
rotations	O
of	O
the	O
handle	O
,	O
two	O
of	O
which	O
Degrees	O
of	O
Freedom	O
are	O
actuated	O
and	O
can	O
present	O
forces	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
touch	O
software	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
primary	O
focus	O
of	O
Novint	B-Device
since	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
and	O
Novint	B-Device
has	O
had	O
more	O
focus	O
historically	O
on	O
software	O
than	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
's	O
software	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
give	O
users	O
an	O
accurate	O
sense	O
of	O
touch	O
in	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
creates	O
software	O
in	O
several	O
different	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
developed	O
a	O
low	O
level	O
driver	O
software	O
called	O
HDAL	O
,	O
which	O
stands	O
for	O
Haptic	B-Device
Device	I-Device
Abstraction	O
Layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
has	O
created	O
a	O
software	O
layer	O
above	O
HDAL	O
,	O
called	O
HFX	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
has	O
developed	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	O
for	O
its	O
professional	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
has	O
also	O
published	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Novint	B-Device
directly	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
existing	O
games	O
in	O
which	O
Novint	B-Device
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Falcon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
Novint	B-Device
's	O
earliest	O
games	O
was	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
called	O
Haptics	O
Life	O
2	O
,	O
a	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
mod	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
mouse	O
controls	O
have	O
been	O
replaced	O
with	O
Falcon	O
controls	O
and	O
3D	O
Force	B-Device
Feedback	I-Device
was	O
incorporated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
has	O
developed	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
additional	O
games	O
across	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
genres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
had	O
published	O
over	O
50	O
titles	O
that	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
Falcon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
majority	O
of	O
Novint	B-Device
's	O
game	O
library	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
existing	O
games	O
that	O
Novint	B-Device
added	O
touch	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
is	O
currently	O
releasing	O
2	O
types	O
of	O
game	O
support	O
,	O
FalconHD	O
and	O
F-Gen	O
.	O
FalconHD	O
games	O
are	O
games	O
in	O
which	O
Novint	B-Device
has	O
licensed	O
source	O
code	O
access	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
integrates	O
forces	O
directly	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Gen	O
games	O
utilize	O
Novint	B-Device
's	O
F-Gen	O
application	O
to	O
add	O
controls	O
and	O
forces	O
into	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mods	O
,	O
or	O
modifications	O
to	O
games	O
,	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
Novint	B-Device
and	O
its	O
community	O
,	O
but	O
mods	O
will	O
generally	O
become	O
classified	O
through	O
F-Gen	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Gen	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
larger	O
number	O
of	O
supported	O
games	O
and	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
with	O
the	O
understanding	O
that	O
the	O
control	O
and	O
forces	O
for	O
many	O
interactions	O
in	O
games/apps	O
could	O
be	O
implemented	O
without	O
source	O
code	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
therefore	O
developed	O
a	O
system	O
,	O
F-Gen	O
,	O
where	O
its	O
community	O
and	O
users	O
themselves	O
could	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
games	O
and	O
applications	O
,	O
share	O
their	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
get	O
more	O
game	O
and	O
application	O
support	O
more	O
quickly	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
more	O
robust	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
is	O
developing	O
a	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
system	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
Gesture	O
Cube	O
or	O
G-Cube	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
easily	O
access	O
36	O
simple	O
to	O
remember	O
gestures	O
to	O
activate	O
any	O
key	O
press	O
or	O
macro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
movement	O
such	O
as	O
moving	O
right	O
then	O
moving	O
forward	O
,	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
turn	O
on	O
a	O
flashlight	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
haptic	B-Device
cues	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
movements	O
easy	O
to	O
control	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
down-down	O
could	O
make	O
the	O
character	O
crouch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Gen	O
Gold	O
will	O
have	O
strong	O
force	B-Device
feedback	I-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
F-Gen	O
Beta	O
release	O
,	O
all	O
PC	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
and	O
Novint	B-Device
's	O
community	O
are	O
adding	O
specific	O
drivers	O
within	O
F-Gen	O
to	O
add	O
more	O
forces	O
to	O
many	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
Sandia	O
National	O
Laboratories	O
,	O
a	O
United	O
States	O
government	O
laboratory	O
,	O
bought	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
commercial	O
3D	O
haptic	B-Device
devices	I-Device
,	O
and	O
began	O
developing	O
haptic	B-Device
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sandia	O
did	O
core	O
haptic	B-Device
research	O
and	O
research	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
technology	O
for	O
scientific	O
visualization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anderson	O
led	O
the	O
project	O
at	O
Sandia	O
until	O
2000	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
he	O
founded	O
Novint	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
acquired	O
an	O
exclusive	O
license	O
to	O
the	O
technology	O
and	O
began	O
to	O
commercialize	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
's	O
vision	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
technology	O
could	O
fundamentally	O
change	O
computing	O
,	O
adding	O
one	O
of	O
our	O
most	O
basic	O
human	O
senses	O
and	O
experiences	O
to	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
this	O
vision	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
focused	O
on	O
consumer	O
applications	O
,	O
but	O
quickly	O
found	O
itself	O
in	O
a	O
situation	O
where	O
the	O
dot	O
com	O
bubble	O
was	O
bursting	O
and	O
the	O
markets	O
were	O
collapsing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Investments	O
in	O
2001	O
were	O
difficult	O
to	O
come	O
by	O
for	O
an	O
early	O
stage	O
company	O
,	O
so	O
Novint	B-Device
focused	O
its	O
efforts	O
on	O
higher	O
end	O
professional	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
spent	O
several	O
years	O
focusing	O
on	O
custom	O
development	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
companies	O
including	O
Lockheed	O
Martin	O
,	O
Chrysler	O
,	O
Chevron	O
,	O
Mobil	O
,	O
Aramco	O
,	O
Sandia	O
National	O
Laboratories	O
,	O
and	O
Harvard	O
University	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
3D	O
haptic	B-Device
hardware	O
was	O
still	O
very	O
high	O
,	O
over	O
$	O
10,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
felt	O
that	O
to	O
again	O
move	O
towards	O
the	O
consumer	O
space	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
need	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
consumer	O
level	O
hardware	O
device	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
took	O
on	O
the	O
daunting	O
challenge	O
of	O
taking	O
a	O
$	O
15,000	O
haptic	B-Device
device	I-Device
,	O
licensed	O
from	O
its	O
partner	O
company	O
Force	O
Dimension	O
,	O
and	O
turn	O
that	O
device	O
into	O
a	O
consumer	O
level	O
device	O
,	O
robust	O
enough	O
for	O
gamers	O
,	O
yet	O
still	O
have	O
the	O
fidelity	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
surgical	O
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2006	O
Novint	B-Device
had	O
taken	O
the	O
expensive	O
,	O
high-end	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
working	O
with	O
Lunar	O
Design	O
,	O
made	O
a	O
consumer	O
level	O
prototype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
went	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
OTC:BB	O
under	O
the	O
ticker	O
symbol	O
NVNT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2006	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
put	O
together	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
V-Tech	O
to	O
manufacture	O
the	O
Falcon	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
CES	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
as	O
a	O
consumer	O
device	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2006	O
(	O
Tom	O
Anderson	O
's	O
32nd	O
birthday	O
)	O
Novint	B-Device
launched	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
consumer	O
3D	O
touch	O
device	O
,	O
having	O
effectively	O
brought	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
down	O
two	O
orders	O
of	O
magnitude	O
(	O
1/100	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
cost	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
had	O
a	O
strong	O
hardware	O
solution	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
needed	O
better	O
game	O
support	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
focuses	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
made	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
to	O
license	O
7	O
AAA	O
game	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novint	B-Device
then	O
signed	O
licensing	O
agreements	O
with	O
other	O
publishers	O
and	O
developers	O
,	O
including	O
Valve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2009	O
Valve	O
released	O
updates	O
to	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
One	I-Application
,	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Episode	I-Application
Two	I-Application
,	O
Portal	B-Application
and	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
adding	O
game	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2009	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
launched	O
the	O
first	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
F-Gen	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
which	O
allowed	O
mouse-like	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Falcon	O
in	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
Novint	B-Device
launched	O
their	O
second	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
their	O
F-Gen	O
software	O
,	O
integrating	O
their	O
proprietary	O
G-cube	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
beta	O
and	O
the	O
patch	O
were	O
released	O
only	O
on	O
the	O
Novint	B-Device
forums	O
.	O
</s>
