Next-generation pointing device for PC

[Stig]

Double tap, right click can be holding it down longer, properly pressing.


And the Touchscreen won't be the monitor, more like a tablet.

[Husar]

You mean like those notebook things only bigger? I hate them and holding longer for a right click is no option because then you can't make a long left click in shooters for example.

[Stig]

Well the Nintendo DS is a succes, I love it, works great

[Nakamura Lobato]

Have you seen this: http://home.novint.com/

The falcon has been used in medical/surgical simulations and now has driversfor some games. There are plansto use it for Second Life in order to make the virtual reality more immersive. The device has tactile feedback so that you can feel the edges and surface of the virtual objects. Things can be made to feel slippery or gritty.By shaping the input handle, the deice is now used to teach about intubations to med students. You gain the ability to feel things in space like the depth to reach for something or the physical dimensions of objects.

NL

[doc_bean]

Touchscreens are getting pretty good and pretty common in some 'professional' applications. They're also quite natural, since you actually touch what you want instead of using an indirect device like a mouse.

The next step is controlling a computer with just your mind of course...