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The SpaceMouse looks really cool! I might pick one up and see if I can get it working outside CAD software (which are the only demos I could find). Has anyone m
by ntoskrnl 4y ago
The SpaceMouse looks really cool! I might pick one up and see if I can get it working outside CAD software (which are the only demos I could find). Has anyone messed with it and can give me an idea where to get started? Like, what's the interface it uses to talk to software? Can you use any old joystick library like SDL2 or it is something custom?
- elil17 4y agoThe company provides and SDK. There’s also an open source driver/SSK called SpaceNav. The device has been used as a video game controller by someone playing Elite Dangerous. It was also used as a robot controller by NASA. My one caution is that it’s quite hard to isolate control of individual axis. This is fine in CAD - if you accidentally move a tad in the Z axis while you’re trying to rotate, it doesn’t really effect anything. But depending on what you want to bind the mouse to it might make it really unusable.