Cinemassively: 3Dconnexion 3D mice in Second Life

by Moo Money Apr 3rd 2008 at 12:30PM

Filed under: Real life, Video, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Second Life, Free-to-play, Cinemassively, Machinima

Excuse us if we geek out for a few minutes, but the device that we're about to show you is really outstanding. In fact, it could be this blogger's best friend in Second Life. It's actually pretty funny that they're just now announcing the mouse as coming to SL, as many residents have been using it for the last eight months or more.

The 3Dconnexion Spacenavigator allows you to use many programs, such as Maya, 3DS Max, Google Earth, and Photoshop CS3, among other things. For machinima use, you are able to move forward, backwards, left, right, up, down, tilt, and zoom. This makes for very precise shots. In addition, it's fun to cruise around sims when you have nothing better to do. According to the video, it even helps out with building!

If you have machinima or movie suggestions from any MMO, please send them to machinima AT massively DOT com, along with any information you might have about them.

Tags: 3dconnexion, cinemassively, how-to, linden-lab, machinima, second-life, sl, spacenavigator

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lemmo said on 1:55PM 4-03-2008

I think this is a very nifty concept, it's basically all the degrees of freedom most modern joysticks have, plus vertical movement.

I just wonder if it's possible to use it well with one hand. If I lift on the control stick, is it heavy enough so I won't just pick it up off the desktop?

Also, this is good for casual gaming like There and SL, but I don't think it'd fill the niche needed for other games that still require a lot of buttons. I'll wait a few generations when they release the gamer edition. That'll be cool.

Jacek Antonelli said on 1:57PM 4-03-2008

Woohoo, I am pumped. :D I bought a SpaceNavigator on sale about a month ago, but so far I haven't actually been able to use it for anything. The integration with SL is looking really great; I think it'll provide a boost to machinima camming quality, especially!

Fingers crossed that they haven't forgotten us Linux users. *bats eyelashes*

Moo Money said on 2:15PM 4-03-2008

I like to use it two-handed, but you could theoretically use it with one. I just have tiny hands. It is possible that you could end up lifting it, but I'd say it's at least a few lbs. I'm positive it could be used as a murder weapon.

As for buttons, I always wondered what the difference was in the higher priced models. There are actually two versions of the SpaceNavigator. One is for personal use, and the other is professional. That's the only difference aside from cosmetics. The rest of them are like tablets in that you pay more for more buttons.

Patchouli Woollahra said on 12:37PM 4-04-2008

Moo Money! In The Kitchen! With a SpaceNavigator! While hopped up on orange juice spiked with Blow!

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/Meh, these SL Cluedo cards are ridiculous.

Seriously, this rocks. I shall be saving up for one as soon as I can afford to be comfy.