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by jcun4128 1703 days ago
I was thinking it's funny the literal globe interface you use and then this knob you turn that's held by this arm.
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> knob you turn

That's a 6-dof spacemouse, still widely used today in CAD and 3d modeling.

https://youtu.be/AX7yS4q6kZY

What an interesting input device.

It always makes me laugh that the ship controls in The Expanse are literally one of these things.
oh wow, I had to watch a video to see how that works, I have seen them before but thought it was just rotating on a plane.