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#CONNECT PS3 CONTROLLER TO WINDOWS 10 BLUETOOTH INSTALL#
#CONNECT PS3 CONTROLLER TO WINDOWS 10 BLUETOOTH DRIVERS#

#CONNECT PS3 CONTROLLER TO WINDOWS 10 BLUETOOTH INSTALL#

Download and install the “Better DS3” tool from to replace the MotioninJoy tool, as its more intuitive to use and the author indicates it does not use the potentially risky methods of connecting “back to base” in the original MotioninJoy control panel.

#CONNECT PS3 CONTROLLER TO WINDOWS 10 BLUETOOTH DRIVERS#

Running this once ensure appropriate drivers are installed on your system, whichever USB port you later use. select ALL of them using the tick boxes and hit the “Load driver” button. There should be one or more “Hardware Locations” listed something like “Port_#….Hub_#….

Run the MotioninJoy “DS3 Tool” and select the “Driver Manager” tab.

Plug in the Sony PlayStation Controller via a USB cable and let Windows install the drivers it finds – which will be MotioninJoy drivers.

BUT… DONT RUN THE MOTONINJOY DS3 TOOL CONFIGURATION UTILITY… as it opens and uses an external internet connection and opens potential Trojan routes to download and run software with administrator privileges on your computer (as noted by the creator of the “better DS3” tool below via the “about” link in that tool if you are interested in the full details).

Download and install the “MotioninJoy” drivers and configuration utility from.

A sample online tutorial can be found via this PC Magazine Page and this YouTube video by Wiltshire Tutorials.īasically the procedure is to install MotioninJoy for its drivers only, not its “DS3 Tool” setup facility, and then replace the set up facility with “Better DS3”. So it was useful to find that drivers and an Xbox 360 controller emulation is available to connect PlayStation controllers to Windows. However, I have always found the Xbox controller awkward to use, and the Sony PlayStation controllers such as on the PS3 much easier.

When using a virtual reality head mounted display (HMD) and not being able to see the keyboard, the gamepad style interaction for movement of an avatar and camera, and simple sorts of interaction with the virtual environment can be very useful indeed. In particular the controller can be used with Second Life and OpenSim virtual world viewers. The Xbox 360 wired and wireless controllers for Windows can be used as joysticks or game controllers with a range of Windows games and applications.