After launching in Japan last year, Hori is bringing its Guitar Life controller to the US in December.

Rocksmith+ - a player prepares to play upcoming notes, which are sliding down towards colored strings on a guitar fret. In the background, the screen is filled with pink butterflies and teal lights.

We’ve covered plenty of interesting human input devices over the years, but how about an instrument? No, not as a MIDI controller, but to interact with what’s going on-on screen.

I like to practice guitar at night, but I don’t want to bother the family. I use video lessons on the iPad or Mac. I run my electric guitar through AmpKit on my iPhone using AmpKit Link HD. I want to ...