virtual i.o i-glasses
28-Mar-95 01:44:14
Sb: #160170-virtual i.o i-glasses
Fm: Angela Pate 70521,700
To: neil whitelaw 100355,2416
<<<<the space controller i was refering to was the spacetec one this would
control a wand like object in the virtual world>>>>
We use the SpaceController as a flying device or a Wand (or both) in our CDK
app. It works great. It is a fun device but takes a little while to master how
to fly with it if you don't offer 'training wheels'. We found that if you offer
a mode where the dominant DOF overrides all others, folks can learn how to use
it at the beginning, then they can take off the 'training wheels' to fly all 6
DOF simultaneously as their skill improves. Children seem to pick it up faster
than adults for some reason. Besides the head of engineering at Spactec, my 9
year old is the best flyer I know on the SpaceController with all 6DOFs acitve.
We already have a CDK sensor built for this device using CDK Rel1 and are ready
to implement it in Rel 2 under windows, however, Spactec is still finishing up
the development library for Visual C++, so we are waiting on them. They say any
day now…. Should be soon.
If we can be of help, let us know. It will be included with our other tools
available to CDK developers.
Angela Pate
MicronGreen