Researcher have created a thimble that sits at the end of your finger and allow the user to interact with objects in a virtual three-dimensional world. It may render the computer mouse obsolete. Researcher of the University of Wyoming in Laramie have created the 3D Touch thimble that can sense its position accurately in three-dimentions and respond to a set of programmed gesture that allow the user to interact with objects in a virtual three-dimentional world.
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It is a cheap device that works as a universal input for any computing device. The 3DTouch sits on the end of a finger and is equipped with inbuilt 3D accelorometer, a 3D maggnetometer and 3D gyroscope and allows the data from each sensor to be compared.
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It also has an optical flow sensor that measures the movement of the device against a two-dimentional surface, similar to that inside of a mouse. Researchers have also added a number of mouse like gestures that allows the user to intersct with 3 - D objects, through selecting and dragging them. They have added gestures like a finger tap, a double tap and a press gesture.
