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The Intersection of Cool and Awesome

Started by schwa · 10 months ago

3Dconnexion (a division of Logitech) produces the coolest named device ever: The 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator
. This is a 3D input device with 6 degrees of freedom, meaning you can move and rotate it through the X, Y and Z planes. I bought it originally on a whim (hey only 50 bucks!) ... Continue reading »

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Froi
1 year ago

Looks pretty cool! I was looking for the plugin to try this out but the link appears broken

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schwa
1 year ago

Hey,

Yeah, was in the process of moving around when my server had a mild meltdown. Will fix shortly

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amoeba
1 year ago

hoping to see some MIDI translation/generation developed for this thing eventually. i can imagine many ways of using this for synth/instrument control in live performance situations! yum

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schwa
1 year ago

@amoeba, there's already a MIDI example: see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLT0fkWna6E

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amoeba
1 year ago

oh snap! thanks for the link.

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Harvard Irving
1 year ago

Firstly, wouldn't "3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator" be the lamest name ever for a device, not the coolest?

Secondly, shouldn't you register your copy of Acorn if it is your "image editor of choice"?

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schwa
1 year ago

Harvard,

Firstly, whatever floats your boat.

Secondly, it is registered, just not on the machine I was doing the screencast on.

Glad you liked it.

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Pecos Bill
1 year ago

My first question is why SpaceNavigator requires dual core processors. Are they Intel only (bad) or so badly written that it needs mega hardware to keep up (supremely bad). I've sent the mfr that question.

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schwa
1 year ago

@pecos bill. Doesn't need much in the way of hardware. They're just standard HID devices. I'd be really surprised if the min. specs you're quoting are accurate.

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