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Re: Drivers for 3DConnexions SpaceNavigator/Ball ?

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• Subject: [mg79263] Re: [mg79238] Drivers for 3DConnexions SpaceNavigator/Ball ?
• From: Chris Hill <chill at wolfram.com>
• Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:26:35 -0400 (EDT)
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At 03:39 AM 7/21/2007, Steve wrote:
>Has anyone found, developed, or written a driver that will allow
>Mathematica to interact with the SpaceBall and new SpaceNavigator from
>3DConnexions?  I would like to interact with my 3D graphics using the
>3DConnexions devices, though.
>
>Thank you in advance -
>Steve

You didn't mention which platform you are using, but Mathematica 6 is 
able to interface with the SpaceNavigator on the Windows and Mac 
platforms.  Windows support communicates with the generic driver 
supplied with the device.  Mac support doesn't require any additional 
software.  The ControllerInformation and ControllerState functions 
are used to discover and access data from the device.

Other 3Dconnexion devices should also work on Windows, and USB 
3Dconnexion devices such as the SpaceTraveler should work on 
Mac.  (SpaceNavigator and SpaceTraveler are devices I've used)

The built-in support for 3D rotating graphics with controllers is 
currently optimized for gamepads rather than 6DOF devices such as 
those from 3Dconnexion.  You may supply more sophisticated 
functionality by utilizing ControllerState and/or Manipulate.

Chris Hill
Wolfram Research 

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  • Drivers for 3DConnexions SpaceNavigator/Ball ?
    • From: Steve <swreagan@gmail.com>