Re:What's the point? (Score 2, Insightful)

I agree. Most of the posts so far have only shown that most have no idea how users interact with machines, let alone how the posters themselves interact with their own machines. Even a 3D GUI couldn't use a 3D mouse. Motion in the virtual space is accomplished much the way we move in real space. Forward and back. Rotate and Tilt. Sounds a lot like flying. Everything depends on point of view and line of sight. Now for digitizing, a 3D mouse still wouldn't work, although the absolute positioning would be useful. In this case, various commercial digitizing arms already suffice and many softwares already convert photos to 3D. It would be better to have a (radar/sonar/video) sensor locate our finger tips and extrapolate what we are "pointing" at. Maybe people should look up the old PARC research, eh?