Rethinking Things

After having done our little tests with the gamepad in the Grad Lab, a thought occured to me that the gamepad controller we had previously picked out may not be right for us. In attaching the display to the controller, too much weight would be placed forward of the user's hands making it not very comfortable to hold for long periods and somewhat cumbersome. It would also not be weighted and shaped right to easily lay down. The Microsoft Wingman that we used in our tests would allow for the display to be mounted more in-line with the controller. It had long enough handles to be comfortably held and operated if the display was attached in this way, balanced more directly over the hands. This would also make it the perfect shape to easily set down flat upon a table in a stable position. We should look for a similar type controller, and it is likely that such a simplified controller (compared to our previous pick) will come already configured to be used wirelessly on the PC/Mac.

Also, prior to actually laying down the money for our AR Viewer camera, we did a little more research to confirm that it met our specs as we believed. We found some conflicting info. We will investigate further.