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Review of Hands Free Mouse

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the look-ma-no-hands dept.

SLDave wrote in to plug his review of NaturalPoint's hands free mouse that covered by Slashdot some time ago. It seems to work as advertised, using a camera to track your head and replace your mouse, but with a lot of caveats. Definitely worth a look for us truly lazy folks.

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  1. Hands free web surfing. by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny
    At long last, hands free web surfing. Just think of what you can do now that your not stuck with one hand on the mouse.

    On second thought, better not to think about that.

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    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
  2. Review on DansData by iamr00t · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check it out
    As always, humor included :)

  3. Looks promising....but by Sergeant+Beavis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Silver dots?!?

    I'm already the geek of my neighborhood, but if I forget to take those things off I'll never hear the end of it I'm sure.

    I'll pass since it isn't as precise as a mouse but I'm really taken by the concept. Especially if I can play CounterStrike or UnReal Tourney with it.

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  4. Re:Wouldn't it be better to track eye movement? by Indras · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, it would piss me off. I wouldn't be able to read anything, because the cursor would keep getting in the way!

    And let me guess, blink the left eye for a left click, and vice versa? Imagine the look on people's faces while doing a drag and drop!!

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  5. Uneven cursor speed at screen edges? by realgone · · Score: 4, Informative
    I can't say for sure, since I haven't tried the thing, but wouldn't having the camera track a silver dot on your forehead result in slower cursor speed the farther you move it from the center of the screen?

    What I mean to say is that your head doesn't move in a purely horizontal (or vertical) fashion; rather, it swivels atop your neck. So as one nears the extremes -- trying to move the cursor to the right screen edge, for instance -- there would be less purely horizontal motion for the camera to detect, since the silver dot is describing a curve.

    Maybethe product compensates for this at the edges? Or detects depth? I don't know, but I'd be interested in finding out.

  6. Just use your eyes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Your head will get tired, your eye's won't. Check out this link and look at their tool.

  7. Re:Warning! by Bob+McCown · · Score: 5, Funny

    And im combination with force-feedback, you can actually get injured next time you roll in NASCAR...