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I've come across some videos where a 3DMouse is put to good use in surround vision virtual reality. 3DMice are continuous, which is probably one of the reasons this company choose to use it. The Space Navigator is easy to handle from any direction which is probably why they chose that particular mod...

Stiff springs less tiring? Are you crazy?! Understandable initial reaction. To understand why this is true consider a key factor of stiffer springs: For any given target force, you move a stiff spring through a shorter distance than a loose spring to achieve the same target force. Hence you use less...

Thanks for the info! I take it those 3 screws screw into the top of the 3 stopper pillars, to secure the rubber knob onto the moving top assembly. Does the cap securely snap back into place after you take it off? Since the hard plastic cap is so smooth and relatively flat, I wonder if you could also...

I've created a test program to measure human finger steadiness using a Space Navigator. Data is % dwell time, each session is the result of at least 10,000 samples. First I placed an object on the device (perfectly steady) to detect unsteadiness due to sensor noise: 2.48 , 15.53 , 41.97 , 38.99 , 0....

Oh ya, I realize you meant it could handle 10 times the force. I was merely exploring the possibilities of using many springs. 10 springs each adding their own force to the joint would result in 10 times the force, with the other ends of the springs not connected to the same object. With the other e...

I've done some crude testing to get a rough ball-park sense of how much stiff springs might benefit the user. https://sites.google.com/site/3dmouse6dof/force-input/test-data I sense that human fingers can only provide hundreds rather than thousands of steady force levels. However, they can definitel...

Software can't make-up for some hardware aspects. Putting 10 springs on the same 2 joints won't reduce the stress on those 2 joints, although it would decrease stress per spring. However having 10 springs each with their own 2 joints might work. If there was space, but there is very little space to ...

While I could be wrong, I don't believe that the coil springs nor any part of the top assembly conducts any electricity. The sole function of the top assembly is purely mechanical: to move the slits of the 3 bars around. Just adding springs sounds like a good idea, but there doesn't seem to be ample...

I would really like to swap in stiffer springs into the Space Navigator. I'm wondering how to do this without destroying the device (obviously I'd be throwing the warranty out the window.) Would all I need to do is swap the 3 spiral springs with higher spring constant springs? Examining those disass...

The issue has nothing to do with 3DConnexion, I'm sure they do care, but they simply can't do anything about it. The app developers are the ones whom decide what to do with input, and in this case the app developer is Google. I did notice that you did post this issue on Google's product forum, and t...

Imagine these 2 products working in tandem http://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-gear-vr/ http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/spacemousewireless.html The 3DMouse controlling the 'virtual reality body' (or vehicle) in 6DOF while the gryoscopes/accelerometers of the headset/smartphone controls the 'vir...

When I say gram I really mean 9.8 milli-newtons = 0.001 Kg accelerated at 9.8m/s^2. The Space Navigator weights about 460 grams. Max translational input is about 350 grams. So when maxing up-input you still have about 100 grams holding it down. The 460 grams pressing down coupled with the (high stat...

Thanks jwick, I appreciate the comments, and the suggestion! The two videos published on Aug 6,2014 were recorded with Nvidia Shadowplay, which makes a world of difference when recording videos. For now I'm just using a GTX 650 (800 series is just around the corner.) Shadowplay uses dedicated video ...

Ya, it only works in the Google Earth Plugin for web-browsers. However, one could program most of the functionality of the stand-alone application into a web-application, except loading/saving files locally. What would be awesome is embedding the V8 JavaScript engine https://code.google.com/p/v8/ in...

You want to move the Earth relative to the camera, not the camera relative to the Earth? As in Sketchup. Polar or Cartesian? Would the camera be the center of the ordinate system (important factor if Polar.) Chuck Norris doesn't run over the Earth, Chuck Norris spins the Earth under Chuck Norris! Th...