something like this http://www.mpb-technologies.ca/mpbt/haptics/hand_controllers/cubic/cubic.html
On 6/15/07, Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The SpaceNavigator from 3dconnexion was what I was going to buy before I saw the in-air mouse from Gyration. I've got a bad feeling about the mouse's performance for CAD (based on price,) but I got to try. I did see this Praying Mantis looking input device (pen mounted to a parallelogram armature that swiveled on a base) that a guy was using in the bonus materials of some CGI movie, (Incredibles?) I can't remember. It looked one of a kind and very expensive. On 6/15/07, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben Barrett wrote: > > > So, Xwindows experts: Anyone care to comment on how deeply X would have > > to be re-engineered to handle multiple points of input? > > Oooh, ooh, I get to pretend I'm an expert! (-: > > X already handles multiple input devices. At this very moment my > laptop has a trackpad, a trackpoint, and a USB mouse, and I can use > any/all of them to push the cursor around. (When I'm at home, I use > all those PLUS synergy to push it around from another computer's > mouse.) > > But I think you're asking for multiple cursors. That's harder. > There's a deep relationship between the cursor focus and the keyboard > focus, and if you added more cursors, you'd have to define how > they all affect keyboard focus. Among other things. > > I've worked with applications that used separate pointer input > devices, but they didn't access the device through X. For example, > AVS (Advanced Visualization System, www.avs.com) could use a Spaceball > (a 6-axis input device, www.3dconnexion.com) in addition to a mouse. > The mouse went through X, and the Spaceball always went directly to a > 3D viewport. > > I've seen CAD systems with similar things (mouse plus pen input), and > I've seen experienced users work them in both hands very productively. > Sorry, I can't remember the name of the CAD system. It was an > integrated HW/SW product from the 1980s. > > But those are both specialized apps that bypass X for at least one of > their inputs. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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