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TrackMouse: a new solution for 2+2D interactions

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Benoît Martin,

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NordiCHI '04: Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction

Pages 89 - 92

https://doi.org/10.1145/1028014.1028027

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Desktop applications are more and more sophisticated. Often, the user needs several degrees of freedom (DOF) to accomplish his tasks. One solution is to provide two independent cursors for some types of interactions but this solution is mainly used in bi-manual interactions with multiple input devices. The goal of this paper is to provide a solution to manipulate two cursors with only one hand: a method for one user, with one hand, and two cursors. By this way, the second hand can be used for other purposes. We propose a new hybrid device between a haptic mouse and a trackball to give 2+2 DOF to user. A driver solution is shown to integrate this new device in Windows XP and to give an easy access to the new affordances. An application for pilot testing was implemented and the results show a high potential for the proposed solution.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1541436.1541461
Isokoski PRaisamo RMartin BEvreinov G(2007)User performance with trackball-miceInteracting with Computers10.1016/j.intcom.2006.10.00319:3(407-427)Online publication date: 1-May-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.intcom.2006.10.003

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NordiCHI '04: Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction

October 2004

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ISBN:1581138571

DOI:10.1145/1028014

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Roope Raisamo

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Martin BIsokoski PAgon CDelerue O(2007)Trackmouse trackball in pie menu useProceedings of the 19th Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine10.1145/1541436.1541461(127-130)Online publication date: 12-Nov-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1541436.1541461
Isokoski PRaisamo RMartin BEvreinov G(2007)User performance with trackball-miceInteracting with Computers10.1016/j.intcom.2006.10.00319:3(407-427)Online publication date: 1-May-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.intcom.2006.10.003

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