This means that the pilot who was operating the submersible in the water was also using this video game controller. If you look at the inside, there were no seats to sit inside it. But a small toilet was provided, which was beside the viewport. But there was no barrier to the toilet, so they literally said that if someone had to use the toilet, others would need to face the other way. To keep looking at a TV screen while the toilet was being used.
Because these submersibles go so deep into the water, the GPS doesn’t work here. The communication to their support ship, was carried on through a Text Messaging System. It is still unclear which internet connection was available on the ship. In this tweet from a few back, OceanGate had said that they were using Starlink’s satellite internet service to communicate.
