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This would work like a revolving projector. The image it would create is a mouse arrow, now free to roam your home or office.
A revolving projector (USB hookup) would be mounted on top of your monitor. Whenever your mouse hits the edge of the screen for more than three seconds, the arrow is
hidden and the projector turns on. The projector uses the mouse's X and Y coordinates to move. To return the mouse to its cage, just hold the left and right mouse buttons to turn off the projector and return to your screen.
(?) Virtuawin
http://tucows.wave....preview/217486.html
An actual useful purpose for moving the mouse off the desktop. [waugsqueke, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Sony Hyperdrag
http://hackedgadget...9/23/hyperdragging/
Drag & drop outside the screen [BunsenHoneydew, Sep 29 2006]
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Can you do anything with the mouse arrow when its pointing at something on the wall? If not, whats the point? |
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Might be fun for a few seconds. Why the left-right mouse button thing? Why the 3 second delay? |
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I've never looked at the guts of a mouse driver to know how to do this, but it seems like even when the pointer's off the screen the software could just transfer the movements to the projector control automatically (via USB, whatever). Then you could move the mouse pointer on and off the screen seamlessly. |
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Maybe instead of a fancy projector, a simple laser pointer would suffice. I think I've seen some with a lens of sorts that makes shapes. Mount it on the ceiling in a position that would allow it to shine on your monitor surround so that it might conceivably look like the pointer was escaping from the screen. |
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The office cat might like it. |
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Pay no attention...just rambling. |
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[krelnik] I was thinking about it interacting with different things on your walls, but I wasn't sure how to do it. Maybe a second projector could put up a desktop or different icons that you could interact with. Or a game, like Duck Hunt for NES. |
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[half] The three second off-the-screen feature was so that you wouldn't accidentally turn it on when your boss comes in, and make him think you were playing around. |
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Aim at an air vent, lamp, window shade, TV -- for a drop-down menu of remote control options. + |
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//instead of a fancy projector, a simple laser pointer//
If I accidentally point it in my eye, it could set up an appointment with my ophthalmologist. |
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it would be good if you could interact with various office or home equipment. |
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close blinds or turn on central heating/air conditioning. |
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This is beginning to sound useful. |
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A webcam or whatnot could take
photos of your room, you circle
objects or define zones and then
assign characteristics, menu
options etc to them. Fancy
pattern recognition could maybe
even handle objects that move
from their initial location. |
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Right click on your telephone to
bring up a phone list, click a
number to dial it. Click on your
fax to send a fax, on your external
hard drive to activate your
automated backup. |
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A projector would be more useful
than a laser pointer, because you
could project the drop-down menus
onto the device itself. |
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The projector would need to be
pretty close to (directly over?) your
head to avoid parallax errors
making the menu unreadable as it
falls on non-flat surfaces. |
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Somehow I think this would do
enjoyably strange things to my
brain. I want one. [+] |
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Good Lord. It would seem that
someone at Sony reads this site.
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