NextAxis Design's OVO Swaps the Mouse for an Egg — Promising Natural, Easy, 3D Control
UK-based technology firm NextAxis Design is raising funds to produce a pointing device with a difference: the OVO, an egg-like gadget that uses gesture and balance to control movement in three dimensions.
"OVO is a balance-based input device that works like a mouse, but uses tilt, gesture, and balance instead of sliding," NextAxis Design's Ben Entecott explains of the unusual egg-shaped gadget. "Tilt to move. Gesture to act. Balance to control. It doesn’t force your hand to adapt. It works with how your hand already moves. No rigid posture. Just natural motion. Tilt to move. Rotate to control. Tap to click. Swipe to scroll."
The humble computer mouse has its origins in the trackball, but flipped on its head so that the ball — long-since replaced by optical sensors — rolls along a desk surface under the user's control. Named for its murine appearance — two "ears" as buttons and...
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