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I keep wishing somebody would make an airmouse with buttons configured to simulate common touch-gestures - like put a d-pad on it for swipe up/down/left/right,
by Pxtl 11y ago
I keep wishing somebody would make an airmouse with buttons configured to simulate common touch-gestures - like put a d-pad on it for swipe up/down/left/right, and a scrollwheel simulating pinch zooms.
Google keeps trying to get vendors to support their half-forgotten TV oses GoogleTV/AndroidTV, but it seems like it would be simpler to just make a peripheral that emulates the common touch actions and use let Android be Android, even if it's on a TV.
- tbrock 11y agoOr, you know, Apple's desktop trackpad which lets you do all these gestures.
- Pxtl 11y agoYes, but for a remote for a TV device you want something one-handed and hand-held, which creates an inherent problem with the pinch action. Trackpads are a desktop/laptop experience. Once you're using a trackpad, you may as well go with the Chromecast approach of using a full phone-like device. Sad that Android is so bloated, otherwise I'd think a small 3.5" barebones full Android device would be good as a bundled "remote".
- codazoda 11y agoHave you seen the new Apple TV Remote? I haven't done a lot with it, but it's got a touch pad on it for gestures. Maybe these remote / trackpad devices would do the trick.
- digi_owl 11y agoIntel's Realsense perhaps?
- Yetanfou 11y agoYou have a mobile phone, I assume? With a touchscreen? Which does multi-touch? And the thing sports a bluetooth adapter? In that case all you need is a program running on that phone, emulating you 'airmouse'. No need for more hardware, just use what you have. The same works for a 'normal' PC, btw. I know there are several apps for Android which can provide this service, I guess the same is true for the other contenders in this area.
- Pxtl 11y agoMostly thinking about my kids on that one, as they don't own phones.