From mbrown@hitl.washington.edu Thu Feb 25 19:28:20 1999 Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA07250 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:28:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from asbestos.hitl.washington.edu (hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu [128.95.73.60]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA19463; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:28:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from stout.hitl.washington.edu (stout.hitl.washington.edu [128.95.74.41]) by asbestos.hitl.washington.edu (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA04514; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:27:46 GMT Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:27:46 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Brown To: Matt Conway cc: cdshaw@umbilicus.artsci.washington.edu, kcurry@csgrad.cs.vt.edu, 3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu Subject: Re: hi all In-Reply-To: <20269.199902252252@GRENFELL.CS.UREGINA.CA> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: RO Hi Matt, I'm afraid I didnt read your original email and in a fit of busyness deleted it, so I dont really know what Chris was responding to... however, I have written software for Wacom which allows users to navigate 3D worlds via their new 4D Mouse, which has 5 buttons and a thumbwheel and works with their digitizing tablets. It is strictly mouse-based, in the sense that there are no navigational GUI components, but it is not a standard mouse. If my work is of interest to you, let me know. Matt Brown HITL On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Chris Shaw wrote: > Matt, > > > The three things I listed are mouse-driven navigation > > styles in desktop 3D systems. > > I can't think of anything STRICTLY mouse-based for strict 3D spatial > navigation. There's Mine's stuff, and the head-crusher stuff, but > that's not mouse-based. > > -- > Chris Shaw University of Regina > cdshaw@cs.URegina.ca Assistant Professor > http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~cdshaw >