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| Topic: | Air Mouse? This thread has 3 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday July 23, 2007 at 10:59 |
DBrown Founding Member |
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I've just added a PC to my home theater tower. It's a Dell small-case Inspiron 531i with bluetooth mouse and keyboard.
Everything works well, but I'm looking for a better mouse. I can imagine something I hold in my hand (the size of a small remote control) that detects subtle gestures to move the mouse pointer on the screen. It would have maybe two buttons (for right and left mouse buttons) and possibly some sort of scroll function as a combination of holding down a button and gesturing.
So does anyone know of such a mouse? Perhaps a mouse "glove"?
Currently I using a lap desk I made from a 11"x24" shelf with a pillow underneath, sitting on my lap. Room for the keyboard and a mouse pad for the mouse. Many things I do on this PC don't require the keyboard, and I'd like to lay down on the sofa but still have mouse control of the PC.
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| Post 2 made on Monday July 23, 2007 at 12:00 |
Kupakai Long Time Member |
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You've been here long enough to have heard about Gyration ;), or that doesn't work for you?
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| OP | Post 3 made on Monday July 23, 2007 at 17:36 |
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Thanks, Kupakai. I should have know about the Gyration, but this is my first Home Theater PC where the need for such a thing seems obvious. I did search Google after posting the message and found both the Gyration and a Logitech Air Mouse, but I can't find either one anywhere local.
I'd like to hear from anyone actually using either one. Are they heavy? Does your hand tire from holding one in the air? BlueTooth? I've already got a bluetooth receiver so that would be the best RF technology to impliment quickly.
As I've thought more about it, a gyro-glove seems like it would be more natural to use. I can see the battery held in a wrist band, with a simple fixture that slips over your hand minimally. Your thumb can easily touch the tip of any finger, so that could be button clicks. Hand or finger gestures could still move the mouse around. I sit here watching my right hand resting on the desk; my thumb moves up and down, and my pointer finger moves easily left and right. I suspect it would be easy to get used to positioning the mouse arrow on the screen with simple flexing of finger and thumb. Just thinking...
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| Post 4 made on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 21:13 |
Marky_Mark896 Select Member |
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I have used a gyration mouse/kbd combo for over 4 years now, and still haven't seen anything I think would work better.
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