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CES: Sandio's 3D mouse
Sandio Technology is displaying its new 3D mouse at CES this year. Unlike what you typically imagine when you hear the term '3D peripheral', this mouse looks much more down-to-earth. There's no gimbals, you don't suspend your hand in an industrial-looking contraption; there are just buttons that act as 3D spatial manipulators. To turn right, for instance, you twist buttons on either side of the mouse to the right. This has the advantage of being much more intuitive.But does it work? I'm interested in trying this out, but wonder if the software this thing will ship with will be compatible with your favorite 3D worlds and games. If there isn't support for such a thing, then it's just a new mouse with extra buttons that don't do anything. If anyone within the sound of my voice is at CES right now, go find this thing at Sandio's booth at South Hall 225519![Via Mercextra]
Sandio's Game O' 3D gaming mouse
Serious gamers are always looking for an edge, so any product that promises to transfer to a mouse the movement commands that were formerly restricted to the keyboard is bound to draw some interest. Sandio Technology is showing off one such mouse, the Game O', at E3 this year, calling it "the first and the only six degrees-of-freedom 3D mouse in the IT industry." From what we can tell, the 2000 dpi laser mouse seems to allow players to move in around in 3D space by translating mouse motions into 3D in-game movement, as opposed to just aiming a weapon's crosshair's, when the button above the scroll wheel is depressed. Sandio will be releasing the Game O' "soon," for the not-unreasonable price of $80.Update: Although all the details are still unclear, Ars Technica got a brief hands-on with the Game O', and states that 3D movement is actually accomplished by a joypad on the left side of the mouse that's controlled with your thumb (they say that the top button, or perhaps second joypad, didn't even work in the demo). Oh, and AT doesn't seem all that thrilled with the whole concept, either.[Via MobileWhack, picture courtesy of 4Gamer]
