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shorthair:
Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---! I must've been psychically picking up on the magic mouse thing, cos just yesterday or the day before I was thinking of this very kind of thing. Zoinks! (Not that I think I'm the first to think of it - I mean, Minority Report, hello...as well as much earlier SF stuff - but I just happened to be thinking of it easily being possible so why hadn't anyone done it? Could be great for spinner and trackball games!)

One Ring to Rule Them All: a 3D Mouse Ring
By Bruce Sterling May 27, 2007 | 4:22:36 PM
Link: CADwire.net - News > 3D Mouse Through Hand Waving.
"The MagicMouse is a true 3D mouse. Users can move the cursor about the screen simply by pointing and moving their index finger. Zooming is achieved by moving the hand nearer to or farther from the screen. Since both actions can be done simultaneously, the mouse makes it possible to work easily in three dimensions to pan and zoom through 3D maps, for example, or manipulate objects in computer-aided design (CAD) drawing packages. The mouse could also make game play more realistic and interactive, much as the novel 3D remote on the new Nintendo Wii game console has done. For more routine applications, like word processing and web surfing, the WPI students note that controlling a computer with hand gestures should make computer use more intuitive..."

http://www.wpi.edu/News/Releases/20067/popsciaward.html

polaris:
if you get any lottery numbers coming through id appreciate a PM ;)

shorthair:
polaris: sure thing.

Here's something:

For example, the report states that the mouse could be used to train students to conduct an orchestra, or even play music, with hand motions controlling pitch, tempo, and volume.

Another example of geeks who know ---fudgesicle--- all about music. First off, these kinds of gadgets have been around for years - again, see VIRTUAL REALITY - second, waving a baton around has almost nothing to do with music, even if it you are counting tempo and stuff. Sheesh.

polaris:
too right shorty.
if it could teach me to read full scores at playing speed , then i'd be interested, i can already wave my hands about convincingly enough ;)

shorthair:
Soon they'll have ways to impregnate information straight into your brain. You won't need to be able to read score, cos as with a musical tune you have in mind, where you can go to any point and play it however you want, whatever speed, etc...at least I can in cases...you'll know exactly how it reads and then be able to conduct that score in your mind at whatever tempo, etc, desired.

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