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Linux 3D Input Driver Project Started

Posted by timothy on from the ugg-wants-a-spaceball-5000 dept.

zratchet writes "Mikey Lubker reports in his blog that a new project has been started to create drivers for 6-degree-of-freedom 3D input devices. The project hopes to support SDL_Input, XNA, DirectInput, and other major controller API's including game consoles and embedded systems, including controllers for home entertainment systems, robots, modeling clay, games, home automation, and more. Check out the project here and the (soon to be) tech-demo Snowball Surprise: Adventures in Avatarctica."

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  1. Linux already supports most 6DOFs by vojtech · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Linux already supports the:

    • SpaceBall 2003FLX
    • SpaceBall 3003FLX
    • SpaceBall 4000
    • SpaceMouse / Logitech Magellan
    • SpaceOrb 360
    • Logitech CyberMan2

    And most likely also the newer SpaceBall variants, because they all use USB HID.

    All the drivers are GPL and included in the standard kernel release. The CyberMan2 is very cool for playing Descent2 on Linux.

    I know it. I wrote the drivers.

    It seems the project is more about developing and marketing a new 6dof in a world where all gaming-oriented 6dofs (the SpaceOrb, available on e-bay for a few bucks, the CyberMan / CyberMan2) failed miserably.