Hi Don,
the Spaceball is very similar to the Spacemouse.
You can find Java3D classes for the Spacemouse at
http://www.spacemouse.de/software/drivers/WIN-Java3D.html
I'm not sure if it works, but may be it does the job.
You need to install the COMM package to use these classes.
Regards.
Thomas.
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> I've been looking over the "Beyond Mice and Keyboards" section of
> J3D.org by
> Justin Couch.
> There is a lot of information here, but the place I get lost is at:
> Generally speaking, you will need some sort of custom device driver for
> every input device and more often than not, that involves native code. For
> some environments, you may need to do no more than query the operating
> system specific driver capabilities.
> Has anyone actually implemented a Joystick or spaceball? Is there sample
> code available?
> I have a Spacetec Spaceball 3003, a really cool device, and it even has a
> test program which displays the input as transform coordinates.
> The drivers
> and all are set up but I don't know how to get a hold of the data.
> How do I access the device driver?
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Don
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