From poup@mic.atr.co.jp Thu Jul 16 13:51:35 1998 Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA15996 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 13:51:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (zEC8zNRGPoBeHptjfZYaiXBpbFp0w5Dr@[128.95.73.60]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA28067 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 13:51:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailhost.mic.atr.co.jp (mic.atr.co.jp [133.186.20.201]) by wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (8.8.8/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA30071 for <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop.mic.atr.co.jp by mailhost.mic.atr.co.jp (8.9.1+3.0W/3.7W) id CAA15174; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:50:29 +0900 (JST) Received: from mic.atr.co.jp by pop.mic.atr.co.jp (8.8.8+2.7Wbeta7/3.6W04/07/98) id CAA05559; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:50:28 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <35AF1CF9.EAB80C22@mic.atr.co.jp> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:44:25 -0700 From: Ivan Poupyrev Organization: MIC Labs, ATR International X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 3D UI list <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: right weight and size References: <5F68209F7E4BD111A5F500805FFE35B90579784B@red-msg-54.dns.microsoft.com> <35AE201F.59FB@archit.uni-weimar.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO Ernst Kruijff wrote: > I ask this question because I am thinking about developing a (simple) > device, ergonomically formed, which fits inside the palm of ones hand, > with a couple of buttons - that is, you don't hold the device, it fits > you like a glove or something. On the device, I would like to put a > couple of buttons and maybe put an Inside tracker in it - you use it for It seems to me that if you want to do fine manipulation of objects, the device should be small enough so as the user could easily hold it and manipulate it with fingers ... Example of chopsticks, mentioned by Matt comes in mind: with chopsticks you can pick up the smallest objects easily, as long as you manipulate them with fingers. Try to hold each chopstick with the whole hand (one chopstick in each hand) and picking up anything becomes nearly impossible ... BTW, might it be an example when one handed manipulation is more efficient than two handed one? > menu functions than, putting your hand in space and attach (in the VE) a > menu or something to that... or for specific snap functions, > whatsoever. This of course in combination with the stylus we want to use > again. > > BUT I am probably not the first who tried this ... > > -Ernst > > -- > ...... Dipl.-Drs. Ernst Kruijff > Research assistant > ...... Ernst.Kruijff@archit.uni-weimar.de > ...... Bauhaus-University Weimar > Computer Science in Architecture and Urban Planning > Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 7 > 99421 Weimar, Germany > ...... Private: > Schlossgasse 17/19 > 99423 Weimar, Germany -- Ivan Poupyrev [poup@mic.atr.co.jp/poup@hitl.washington.edu] Researcher, MIC Labs, ATR International, Japan 0774-951432] Ph. D. Candidate, ISL, Hiroshima University, Japan 0824-212959] Visiting Scientist, HITL, University of Washington, US 206-6161474] http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/poup]