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Cellphone as Virtual Mouse, Keyboard

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-isn't-that-clever dept.

stab writes "Check this out! High Energy Magic have announced a public beta of software to let you use your camera-phone as a physical mouse by just pointing and clicking and rotating it in the air. Some very cool videos available: check out the volume control and flight booking ones in particular! The tags used are really robust - they did a wastebasket torture test for a bit of fun as well :-)"

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  1. Mirror for some of the videos by stab · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since the main site is predictably a bit bogged down, there is also a page at the University of Cambridge Systems Research Group detailing the research side of things. It also has some cool videos :-)

  2. Google Cache by jm92956n · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, that's the way I like to be clicked.

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  3. Re:ideas by gandalphthegreen · · Score: 3, Informative
    flashlight
    You apparently haven't seen this.
  4. Slashvertisement? by Quixote · · Score: 3, Informative
    Submitter: Stab, a.k.a. Anil Madhavapeddy
    Story is about HighEnergyMagic, for which WHOIS tells me:
    Administrative Contact:
    Madhavapeddy, Anil anil@recoil.org
    100 Carnbrae Avenue
    Belfast, Northern Ireland BT8 6NH
    UK
    +44 7771640674
    Story is mirrored at University of Cambridge Systems Research Group, where we find that the page is "© 2004 Anil Madhavapeddy".

    Seriously, shouldn't the submitter put some sort of a disclaimer somewhere? Or failing which, at least pay Slashdot to run these "ads", dammit! :)

  5. I've been doing this for a year now by jgarland79 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sailing Clicker does just this. I'm using a 12" Powerbook with built in bluetooth and a Sony Ericson T68i. I can controll the mouse movements with the joystick on the phone.

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