"In fact, I would expect the 'real' submersible controller to have a reliability of about one thousand times that of the games handset," he wrote. While a video game controller might have most of the capabilities as a regular joystick controller on a sub, Wright said it would definitely not be as reliable. When shown a photo of the Titan's video game controller via email, Wright said he's "never seen anything like that," and expected there would have been a more reliable main system.
The company said in a statement it was "exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely." The Coast Guard also launched a search and rescue mission for the vessel.
"In a sense, those little joysticks you see are like video game controllers, but it's important to stress that they're made to a much, much higher level of reliability and quality than just your random Xbox controller," he said.ĬBS News has reached out to OceanGate about the Titan's controller and is awaiting response. "Avionics is used all over the place, not just flying things," Wright said, pointing to a drone his students were working on, "to the extent that the software we're using in that drone over there is almost the same software being used in submersibles as well." The controller in Wright's classroom at UWE, where students build drones. It is also unclear if OceanGate, which coordinates such expeditions, was still using the video game controller on the submersible for the recent trip, during which Rush was the operator. The missing submersible is different from other deep-sea vessels in that it is the only five-person sub in the world that can reach Titanic depths - approximately 13,000 feet, nearly 2.5 miles below the ocean's surface. It's unclear if the device, which resembles the widely available Logitech F710 wireless gamepad, had been modified or customized. In 2022, when CBS News correspondent David Pogue took a trip inside OceanGate's one-of-a-kind carbon-fiber submersible, Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate, held up the handheld device, saying, "We run the whole thing with this game controller." The video game controller OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said runs their submersible. The submersible, called the Titan, is controlled by what the company's CEO referred to as a video game controller – a fact that raised questions about the vitality of the sub and viability of its hardware.
A desperate search is on after a submersible on a deep sea expedition to the Titanic wreckage went missing with five people on board this week.
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