That other thing was called the "Ring Mouse", it had three ultrasound sensors mounted on an L bar that hung on the screen, extremely similiar to the Nintendo power glove system.. I still have one, not very wearable due to the sensor array though...and doesn't particuarily like certain lighting. Bryan On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Harley Pebley wrote: > > Wired's new issue has an input device for $US80 that is a > > ring device with > > motion tracking and RF. It uses a USB device on the computer and a > > finger-worn ring device (but rather large) which is battery > > powered. You > > move the "mouse" by moving your finger, and click by tapping > > your thumb > > against the ring. > > Sounds similar to something I tried about 4 to 5 years ago that used ultra- > sonics and a serial port. Seemed like a great idea but turned out less > than stellar for most computer work. To move your finger around in mid-air > requires gross motor control that, for most people, is not too well refined. > To move mice and trackballs requires fine motor control which is usually > highly precise. I tried it for about a month and kept clicking on the wrong > menu item, selecting the wrong object on screen, etc. Finally gave up on it. > > OTOH, the coolest thing about it was it detected z coordinates as well as x > and y. It came with a couple games that utilized that feature. It worked > pretty well for things like ring toss, but I wouldn't want to try to virtual > sculpture with it. > > Cheers, > Harley Pebley > > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org > -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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