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Gyroscopic Wireless Mouse

Posted by michael on from the charge-me-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This is a must for any game player. Gyration has introduced a working wireless gyroscopic mouse. The $119.95 price tag is a little steep but it works with Linux and it doubles for an optical mouse if placed on the desktop. There is an article about it at Linux Journal." We mentioned an earlier version a year or two ago.

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  1. iXMicro? by BWJones · · Score: 5, Interesting

    iXMicro had a wireless gyroscopic mouse, what, about seven or eight years ago? It was called the Gyropoint and was absolutely perfect for presentations on my Powerbook. Unfortunately it ran about $200 as I recall, but was well worth it if you presented often allowing one to stand away from the laptop. It also had the additional benefit of working out well for RSI issues, but ate batteries too quick to use it routinely. However, this version doubling as an optical mouse is pretty cool. So, why has it taken so long to get these out to a wider audience?

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  2. Mice are so 20th Century by Proneax · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I want to see a 'pointer' device that is a glove with a gyroscope, and it has sensors on each finger as well so you can map complex hand and finger movements to different operations.

    For Example:
    1. Grab an icon and crush it to delete
    2. Twist an icon to open it
    3. Flick my finger to minimize the window
    4. Like mouse gestures in mozilla? Try hand gestures
    5. Think two handed manipulation
    6. Possibly integrate keyboard function into them for mobile apps
    7. Think application-specific like photoshop functions, word processing etc.
    8. Think 3d cad manipulation with your hands
    9. Drawback: probably not good for gaming, but as the technology matures who knows? /me runs to USPTO to file.