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3D Pointer A 3D pointer is a representation of a humanhand, serving as an arrow in three dimensional space. Often used to depict a 3D tracker. Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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 The Nintendo Wii has been out for almost half a year at time of writing. The Wii-mote 3D pointer control coming straight with the system was a massive gamble for the company, and, if it had not taken off, it would have buried the hopes of the VR community, that full immersion systems have any chance of being mainstream.
 Movea?s Gyration Air Mouse is essentially an updated wand, or 3D pointer. It is hopefully the first of a new breed that works just as well in 2D on the desk, as it does bneing waved about in 3D in the air. 
The iClub is a 3D pointer of a sort. It does not work alone, but instead is designed to be fitted to a golf club. Once attached, it uses internal gyroscopes and accelerometers to track its own position and acceleration through 3D space, reporting that information to itself, for storage and later analysis.
 No matter how concrete the data that 3D working environments and immersive, intuitive interfaces boost productivity and workflow significantly above that evidenced by window, icon and pointer monitor screen and keyboard setups, government agencies and the beaurocratic chain are unlikely to ever take them up. 
Motus are moving in on the motion sensing capabilities of 3D pointers for home PCs. Inspired by the Nintendo Wii?s popularity, their Motus Darwin, a mainstream 3D pointer, takes a slightly different approach.
 AirStrike is a gesture control system designed to enable control of any pc or display interface via waving your fingers in the air, and smart sensing technology to detect those gestures accurately enough to completely replace a computer mouse or 3D pointer.
 Slipping an slim line, lightweight stereoscopic HMD over your eyes; each of the two screens sending data to a different eye, giving the same angles in the virtual world as light takes to each eye in the physical. Holding a stylus in one hand, and a 3D pointer in the other. This is the set up for art work, heavy engineering design or model making with ?Drawing on Air?.
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(15/08/2010)
Cheap green laser pointers can emit dangerous levels of infrared radiation, according to an investigation carried out by physicists in the US. Twenty years ago, a green laser would set you back $100,000 and occupy a good-size...
(26/09/2013)
Our brains give us the remarkable ability to make sense of situations we’ve never encountered before—a familiar person in an unfamiliar place, for example, or a coworker in a different job role—but the mechanism our brains use to accomplish...
(29/01/2007)
A pair of smart hackers at industrial robot firm USMechatronics have demonstrated using the Wii?s cheap to purchase, and readilly available wii-mote 3d pointer, to control an industrial robot arm. The pair attached a tennis r...
(25/05/2006)
Nintendo, makers of the new Wii console, which uses the Wii-mote cordless controller as a 3D pointer for its main interface, has confirmed that the price of its new Wii console will be much lower than its rivals. The Wii will...
(24/10/2008)
Service dogs that open doors, switch on lights, and perform other useful tasks offer a much needed lifeline to people with disabilities. Now researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing robots that mimic the relationshi...
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