Can someone explain to me WTF is the Steam Machine controller?

[Assyrian612]

richardhutnik said:

Assyrian612 said:
I'm excited for Valve, the controller is PC innovative minded and I like that. In terms of looks it's probably the ugliest thing I've seen since the Atari Jaguar game pad, but that's not to say it won't function well or even be better than expectations of critics. This is for PC gamers and only they can really understand and appreciate the controllers design. I'm curious to see how those dual pads will work; that could change a lot of things in the future.

I think the Steam Machine pad doesn't look too bad... for a set of speakers

lmaoooooo or a dock station