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Realization And Evaluation Of A 3-Degrees-Of-Freedom Mouse Model, Udayan Umapathi
Realization And Evaluation Of A 3-Degrees-Of-Freedom Mouse Model, Udayan Umapathi
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Kinesiology research has shown that translation and rotation are inseparable actions in the real world. Motivated by this fact, this thesis explores a model for the computer mouse, the new addition being rotational input about vertical axis of a mouse. We realize our model through Mushaca, a 3-degrees-of-freedom mouse (3DOF mouse) that can sense rotation, in addition to sensing XY planar translation. The thesis presents two realizations of Mushaca - namely a MEMS version that uses accelerometer and gyroscope, and an optical sensor version that uses two optical sensors. Through a controlled user study we try to find out if …