Logitech planning MX Air gyration mouse?
By Paul Miller 
posted Jun 8th 2007 6:35PM
posted Jun 8th 2007 6:35PM
[Thanks, Anonymous]
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Looks like the Wiimote has some competition lol.
my first thought when i saw this pic "those it double up as a shaver!?!?"
does*..lol
hopefully it will be better than the gyration mouse. I tried using it for games but it didn't work well at all...you had to keep your hand perfectly straight. Otherwise, you would start turning instead of looking up, etc.
Is that an air gyration mouse in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Is this sort of mouse really necessary or am I missing the whole point of it. Why do you need it to gyrate?
Constable Odo-
Gyration refers to the gyroscopes in the mouse that are used to detect motion.
Thanks. I guess I need to do some research on this technology. Is it something like a Wii controller? You'd need to wave it in the air to control things onscreen. Somehow it doesn't seem all that practical.
It's used mostly for presentation. Gryation (http://www.gyration.com/en-US/Products.html) makes a series of these products. One can set it down and use it like a cordless optical, or if one picks it up with the thumb on the back, the left and right click are duplicated for easy thumb reach and there's a trigger underneath to control the gryo-motion.
That is, if you depress the trigger, you can tilt your hand up and down and rotate left and right to move the cursor. Let go of the button and the mouse stops moving. These things are great for use with PowerPoint or using with Media Center PCs.
Still waiting for them to build this into a Harmony remote and market it to the HTPC crowd. I would kill for that.
It's so...long...and...thick....Oh Dear.