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Input Devices

1. Input Device suppport

2. Using Serial Devices with Java 3D

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1. Input Device suppport

Java3D does not contain direct support for every known 3D input device as this would be an almost impossible task to keep track of. Instead, it provides a interface for you to implement. Implement the InputDevice interface where you may define all the properties of the device and its information. The new device driver is registered with the system with the call

PhysicalEnvironment.addInputDevice(InputDevice);

A virtual joystick example is included in the Java 3D examples download.

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2. Using Serial Devices with Java 3D

You can try using the Java Communications API which is available from http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/communications.html

NCSA has used it here to communicate with an Ascension Flock of Birds , and a SpaceOrb 360. See an explanation of what a Space Orb 360 is here .

Drivers for this are available in NCSA Portfolio .

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