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Pointless ponderings about mouse movement
Ahh, the humble computer mouse. It's been our loyal companion for quite a while, hasn't it? Everyone has one, or something approximating it. For an OS-control environment, wouldn't it still do a ...
"mystify" wrote:"mptp" wrote:"mystify" wrote:
for an OS control enviroment ,the 3rd dimension is probably not useful, not with a conventional design at least. Simply having a single layer to use a mouse with would be sufficient, not need to worry about complex control schemes to mouse in 3 dimensions
Ah, I beg to differ! Imagine if you had a Windows shell for VR where you were able to have windows behind other windows, and the ability to really naturally move them forward or backwards by dragging them exactly how you currently do, only with the 3rd dimensional capabilities of some novel way of interpreting mouse input!
But yeah, I agree that it would be super awesome if some VR productivity software had the ability to use a regular mouse for 3D input, since they're everywhere! :D
That sounds like a significant increase in interface complexity with negligible actual advantage.
I tend to disagree about the actual advantage. In my workplace, it's the norm to have 4-6 screens piled around your desk. That doesn't include the 3 wall-mounted displays of about 60" diagonal. There's a major need to consume information simultaneously, and it has to be SIMULTANEOUS -- not nearly so.