Logitech unveils the Air Mouse!

http://www.uberpulse.com/us/2007/07/logitech_unveils_the_air_mouse.php

Yesterday, Logitech unveiled it's wireless MX Air dubbed the "Air Mouse". It's a sleek rechargeable laser mouse that, when you pick it up turns off the laser sensor and uses the dual embedded MEMs gyroscopes inside it to detect angular motion in the air, as well as an accelerometer, so the mouse knows which way is up. Nothing news if you are a Nintendo Wii gamer! "All the motion computation is done in the mouse... You just have to plug the Air Mouse to your notebook or desktop system to start using it... There's no setup required", said a Logitech product manager.




A touch sensitive scroll-panel replaces the traditional scroll wheel
The Air Mouse does not have a scroll wheel. Instead, the MX Air uses a touch-sensitive "scroll panel" for super fast scrolling with the touch of a finger. A swipe of the finger across the surface enables the inertial scrolling mechanism, which adjusts its speed according to the speed of the finger swipe.

Logitech's MX Air cost about $150, more than twice the price of Gyration's GO 2.4 Optical Air Mouse. "Gyration's air mouse uses a mechanical gyroscope and is not as responsive than ours", insisted the Logitech rep.

http://www.uberpulse.com/us/2007/07/logitech_unveils_the_air_mouse.php

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[the4RESAU]

wireless=cancer

[doug3673]

Most boring demo video of all time. Dumbest questions asked of all time.

[0TOM007]

Its Windows Media centre

[internetatnight]

What was the media application managers used on demo screen? That seems cool! Anyone please?

[inceptional]

You know what REALLY bugs me...

The amount of people I have seen who hold it lika fuckin mouse when using it in it's air, or remote, form.

Hold it like a fucking remote you complete retards!

How dumb are people.

The guy in the vid was doing it right, not the interviewer though, and I have seen so many vids where people hold it completely wrong and then the review is slightly lower because they don't think it feels perfectly natural.

Seriously...

How dumb are some people!

[bob90247]

Gyration have been making mice like this for years, well before the wii and the logitechs

I got one about 6 year ago, still as good as anything i have seen. i get about 70-90% of the speed i would normal

[turgore]

any good for shooters ?

[ApprovalJunkie]

well good

[jarochomty]

Can use it a person with arthritis?

[Previewh]

The Logitech guy makes a great observation, users want to lean back away from the screen. The last thing I want to do after being at the office is to come home and have to lean forward to use my mouse.

I disagree with his focus on media centre use. There is a huge market for people sick of mouse arm/ RSI.

The quicker we get to "Minority Report" interaction (but with subtle movements) or eyemovement capture or direct thought navigation the better.