[x3d-public] Purpose of X3D > positioning component

[doug sanden]

> Btw, has multitouch been considered?
Good question. Has it?

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freewrl can do a bit of multitouch without changing any node interfaces:
- multitouch for navigation > 2 touches for ROLL
- drag 2+ separate dragsensors at the same time
A configuration of desktop freewrl has a multitouch emulator - so a single mouse can manage several 'touches' by clicking and dragging each one, creating and deleting touches with right-clicks - good for experimenting.
Sphere sensor could also do a roll without changing the current node interface, although not as well constrained as a special node for it.
If / when doing updates to touchsensors, could add LineSensor and PointSensor (both of which can be protod using trackpoint_changed, on planesensor but with degenerate effects when the plane is parallel to the view direction)


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From: Yves Piguet <yves.piguet at gmail.com>
Sent: October 14, 2016 7:58 AM
To: doug sanden
Cc: x3d-public at web3d.org
Subject: Re: [x3d-public] Purpose of X3D > positioning component

Btw, has multitouch been considered?

Yves

On 14 oct. 2016, at 15:33, doug sanden wrote:

> Other input devices:
> IoT Component
> - for recieving/sending events to arduino board?
> That 3D mouse -like thing for desktop, usually for CAD, which I found I could get a discount on as a developer for something that scales. But haven't done yet - still $100 even with developer discount.