[Bradford] FW: [Wylug-discuss] 3d input device

Dick Thomas xpd259 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 5 14:36:47 UTC 2013


I used to have a mouse in the 00's that feedback it was awesome, would be
interesting to go 3d with that


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On 5 April 2013 15:25, Andrew Coulson <coulson.andy at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Yes,  I had a play with one of those at an educational tech show last
> year and liked it a lot.  I thought the haptic feedback was especially
> good.
>
> When I saw the leapmotion device the application that jumped to mind was
> presentations to provide smartboard like functionality.
>
> Andrew Coulson
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> *From:* Martyn Ranyard (ranyardm at gmail.com)
> *Sent:* Friday, April 5, 2013 01:53 PM
> *To:* Andrew Coulson (coulson.andy at gmail.com)
> *Cc:* Bradford Linux User Group (Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk); WYLUG
> discussion list (wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk)
> *Subject*: Re: [Bradford] FW: [Wylug-discuss] 3d input device
>
>  At the 3d PrintShow last year, I got to play with a haptic 3d mouse,
> which I think is actually more useful than a 3d kinect-like device, I was
> very impressed with it's feel and how it worked.
>
>
> http://www.novint.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=54
>
>  Unfortunately the only modelling software to support it was cloud9 - a
> Windows-only piece of closed-source software.
>
>  I would like to see something like it that works independent of OS and at
> a more reachable price.
>  --
>  Martyn
>
>
>  On 5 April 2013 11:56, Andrew Coulson <coulson.andy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Worth a look at the video demonstration - it looks to be really
>> responsive and the control looks pretty fine grained too.
>>
>> Andrew Coulson
>> email: coulson.andy at gmail.com | tel: 07834 269850<http://tel:07834%20269850>
>> *Ryburn TextWorks* <http://www.ryburntextworks.co.uk> - Proofreading,
>> Copy-editing, Writing
>> *Ryburn ImageWorks* <http://www.RyburnImageWorks.co.uk> - Landscape and
>> Nature Photography
>>
>>  *Sent from my IQTELL <http://goo.gl/EWViH> Virtual Workspace*
>>
>>
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>> *From:* Darren Menachem Drapkin (darren.drapkin at ntlworld.com)
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 4, 2013 09:52 PM
>> *To:* wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk
>> *Subject*: [Wylug-discuss] 3d input device
>>
>> On New Scientist's web site I found this reference to a 3D input device.
>> Apparently it is half the price of Microsoft's offering. The company has
>> a
>> positive attitude to Linux and a Linux developer Forum on the site.
>> < https://www.leapmotion.com/ >
>> --
>> Darren Drapkin
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