What If Every Phone in the Room Was a Game Controller — in the Age of AI?

📰 Dev.to · Tim Vučina

Learn how to build a game controller system using every phone in the room with an open-source framework, leveraging AI for innovative gaming experiences

intermediate Published 19 May 2026

Action Steps

Build a game controller system using an open-source framework
Run a local server to connect phones to the system
Configure phone devices to act as game controllers
Test the system with a simple game
Apply AI algorithms to enhance gaming experiences
Compare the performance of different AI models

Who Needs to Know This

Game developers, AI engineers, and software engineers can benefit from this knowledge to create interactive and immersive gaming experiences

Key Insight

💡 Using AI and an open-source framework, developers can create immersive gaming experiences with phones as game controllers