DSI is shipping the HandGear touchpad, a multi-point input device that uses a hand-gesture interface and lets the user perform multiple tasks by allowing them to sidestep intermediate commands required when using just a mouse and keyboard. The product is available for order immediately with an API Plug-in for Discreet’s 3ds max.
With the capability to ‘grab’ and modify 3-D objects, allowing real-time interaction and manipulation, the users’ degree of creative freedom is enhanced. Three-axis navigation in 3-D, and the ability to edit, transform and modify in real time, result in greater user-productivity. In addition to being able to simultaneously translate, rotate and scale a virtual 3-D object, HandGear offers 3-D camera pan, orbit, dolly and zoom capabilities. Until now, such features have been difficult to generate and control using just a mouse.
More information at http://www.dato.com.
