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One of those "presentation" mouses would hopefully do? They're a mouse but you hold them in your hand and wave them around to move the pointer, like a Wiimote b
by suprjami 3y ago
One of those "presentation" mouses would hopefully do? They're a mouse but you hold them in your hand and wave them around to move the pointer, like a Wiimote but they pre-date the Wii. The mouse pointer part sucks in my experience but they do have two buttons and are comfortable to hold. Considering you're writing your own input parser you can ignore mouse events.
There are also "smart pens" these days with Bluetooth but I've never tried one.
- Nokinside 3y agoGood idea. Those finger ring mouse/presentation clickers seem perfect.
- Wowfunhappy 3y ago> They're a mouse but you hold them in your hand and wave them around to move the pointer, like a Wiimote This part got me really excited... > The mouse pointer part sucks in my experience ...but then this killed it. So, follow-up question: is there anything like this which works well as a mouse pointer too? I love the experience of using the Wii Remote as a mouse, and I'd love a device like that which is made for PC and works without a fuss (or a sensor bar).
- belthesar 3y agoTL;DR - Look into Gyration mice. Story below: Many moons ago, I helped an older couple who unfortunately got vastly oversold on a Windows XP Media Center Edition computer from Gateway, when all they needed was a simple computer. The computer had a real nice Hauppauge capture card to act as a DVR, a neat amplifier looking PC case, and all sorts of bells and whistles. For a pointer device, Gateway included a Gyration mouse, which operated on 2.4 GHz RF, and worked surprisingly well. It used a trigger to activate gyroscopic mouse movement. Turns out Gyration is still in business! https://www.adesso.com/product/gyration-air-mouse-go-plus/ https://www.adesso.com/product/gyration-air-mouse-go-plus/