Showing posts with label accelerometers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accelerometers. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Mice in the future with gyroscopes, accelerometers and other advanced motion sensors

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If you look at a desktop computer you realize that in the last 10 or 15 years has evolved almost everything, disk drives, displays, processors, etc.. But there is still the odd item that resists being redesigned, this bag could fit a classic peripherals: mouse and keyboard. Is it because they are perfect enough or a lack of imagination? Apple may have the key to the next generation of mice because it has just patented design.

These include a mouse some elements that are quite common today in smartphones: gyroscopes, accelerometers and similar sensors. The idea here is quite interesting because it is based on multiplying the number of gestures you can make with the peripheral. For example, when you move the mouse over the surface of a table waiting for the mouse pointer on the screen moves too, but imagine here you will find a different behavior in the case of the mouse to tilt to one side or another, if you shake or if it up from the table. You could switch between browser tabs simply tilting the mouse left or right or maximize a window by simply lifting the mouse a few millimeters from the table. The possibilities would be many but the most interesting is that you could program these gestures and shortcuts to get mouse gestures in complex programs with multiple functions such as Photoshop, video games, etc..

Currently only a concept but the idea seems practical enough as to represent the future of these classics peripherals.