Everything about Gamepad

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: GamepadA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Gamification-augmented home-based exercise for peripheral artery disease: Rationale and design of the GAMEPAD StudyInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Hangman GamepadThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Comparing hand gestures and a gamepad interface for locomotion in virtual environmentsCited 21 times
5. Go sideways: Game controllerA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Analog stickA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Comparing hand gestures and a gamepad interface for locomotion in virtual environments

  Jingbo Zhao, Ruize An, Ruolin Xu · 2022 · International Journal of Human-Computer Studies · 21 citations

• Comparing head gesture, hand gesture and gamepad interfaces for answering Yes/No questions in virtual environments

  Jingbo Zhao, Robert S. Allison · 2019 · Virtual Reality · 17 citations

• Investigating On-Screen Gamepad Designs for Smartphone-Controlled Video Games

  Matthias Baldauf, Peter Fröhlich, Florence Adegeye · 2015 · ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications · 16 citations

• The golden (hands) rule: Exploring user experiences with gamepad and natural-user interfaces in popular video games

  Nicholas David Bowman, Daniel Pietschmann, Benny Liebold · 2017 · Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds · 12 citations

• Comparing the Performance, Workload, and Usability of a Gamepad and Joystick in a Complex Task

  Michael A. Rupp, Paul Oppold, Daniel S. McConnell · 2013 · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 10 citations

• Effect of Gamification Plus Automated Coaching to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: The GAMEPAD Randomized Controlled Trial

  Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday · 2025 · Journal of the American Heart Association · 10 citations

• 3D Travel Comparison Study between Multi-Touch and GamePad

  Francisco R. Ortega, Adam S. Williams, Katherine Tarre · 2020 · International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction · 6 citations

• Towards an intuitive industrial teaching interface for collaborative robots: gamepad teleoperation vs. kinesthetic teaching

  Diego Dall’Alba, Fabrizio Boriero · 2025 · The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology · 6 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Gamification-augmented home-based exercise for peripheral artery disease: Rationale and design of the GAMEPAD Study

  Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday · 2024 · American Heart Journal · 4 citations

• A gamepad-like nucleic acid testing device for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 via visible nested recombinase polymerase amplification

  Ce Liu, Baobao Lin, Guohua Yuan · 2024 · Communications Engineering · 4 citations

• ExpanStick: Augmenting Gamepad Thumbstick using Force at the Limit

  Youngbo Aram Shim, Sangyoon Lee, HyeonBeom Yi · 2023 · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2 citations

• GAMEPAD: UTILIZANDO EXERGAMES PARA A PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE E INCLUSÃO SOCIAL DE PESSOAS COM DEFICIÊNCIA

  César Augusto Otero Vaghetti, Deborah Kazimoto Alves, Bianca Pagel Ramson · 2022 · Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR · 1 citations

• Effect of opt-in versus opt-out framing on trial recruitment: a study within a trial of the GAMEPAD randomized trial

  Tayyab Shah, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday · 2026 · American Heart Journal · 1 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Hangman GamepadCary Watts · 2022
• The Evolution of GamepadsKevin Harbin · 2018
• 📕Gamepad BluePlaystation Accessories · 2020
• 📕Gamepad GreyPlaystation Accessories · 2000
• 📕Gamepad RedPlaystation Accessories · 2000
• 📕Gamepad GreenPlaystation Accessories · 2000
• 📕HangmanMind Boggler · 2019
• Pad?Knock Knock Books · 2014

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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