[info] [croquet-dev] Controlling Croquet with a Novint Falcon Haptic Device

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: Jeff VanDrimmelen <jeffvand at unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:29:37 -0400
To: croquet-dev at duke.edu
Subject: [croquet-dev] Controlling Croquet with a Novint Falcon Haptic Device
Reply-To: croquet-dev at duke.edu, Jeff VanDrimmelen <jeffvand at unc.edu>


   Hey All
   Matthew, thanks for the video about the Wii remote.  That is
   fantastic!!
   I am working on a similar project where I am hoping to connect the
   Novint Falcon Haptic ([1] http://home.novint.com/) device into
   Croquet.  I am still new to Squeak and have been working on and off
   through some tutorials the past couple of weeks.  Would you mind
   sharing what classes you used inside of Croquet to move the avatar and
   which ones control the mouse?  I envision using the four buttons on
   the handle of the novint to navigate much like you did with the Wii
   and then the haptic device as a mouse.  I am working on making that
   connection first and then we will work on the haptic simulations for
   individual programs within the world.  What do you think?
   Other thoughts from the list on how I might best accomplish this?  The
   novint falcon SDK is written in C++ and I am thinking of creating a
   .dll file that can be referenced in Croquet.  As detailed help as
   anyone can give me would be useful. :)  I'm a newbie and just excited
   to be joining your group.
   ~Jeff
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   Jeff VanDrimmelen
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   On 10/10/07, Matthew Schmidt <[3]matthew.schmidt at gmail.com> wrote:

     I'm cross posting this thread because I think it is of interest to
     all.
     My colleague, Sean, and I put together a video of a small
     experiment we ran last night using a Wii remote to control avatars
     and interactivity in Croquet.
     Here's the blog post:
     [4]http://xaverse.blogspot.com/2007/10/controlling-croquet-with-wii
     -remote-on.html 
     -Matt

References

   1. http://home.novint.com/
   2. http://oasis.unc.edu/remedy
   3. mailto:matthew.schmidt at gmail.com
   4. http://xaverse.blogspot.com/2007/10/controlling-croquet-with-wii-remote-on.html

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