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

[Andrew Coulson]

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 email: coulson.andy at gmail.com | tel: 07834 269850 Ryburn TextWorks - Proofreading, Copy-editing, Writing Ryburn ImageWorks - Landscape and Nature Photography Sent from my IQTELL Virtual Workspace •••••••••••••••••••••••• 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 Ryburn TextWorks - Proofreading, Copy-editing, Writing Ryburn ImageWorks - Landscape and Nature Photography Sent from my IQTELL Virtual Workspace 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 _______________________________________________ Wylug-discuss mailing list Wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wylug-discuss _______________________________________________ Bradford mailing list Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford  
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