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An optical trackpad is an input device based on an optical sensor, which detects the displacement of a finger that is moving on top of it. [1] The sensor is used typically in smartphones , where it replaces the D-pad , and in ultra-portable or ultra-mobile PCs , where it replaces touchpads , pointing sticks or trackballs as pointing device .
Logitech Cordless TrackMan Wheel trackball mouse The original version of the Kensington Expert Mouse can use a standard American pool ball as a trackball. [citation needed]A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down ball mouse with an exposed protruding ball. [1]
IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 Microsoft IntelliMouse with IntelliEye optical sensor mouse. IntelliMouse is a series of computer mice from Microsoft.The IntelliMouse series is credited with a number of innovations; [1] Microsoft was among the first mouse vendors to introduce a scroll wheel, [2] an optical mouse, and dedicated auxiliary buttons on the side of the mouse.
Optical pointing sticks are also used on some Ultrabook tablet hybrids, such as the Sony Duo 11, ThinkPad Tablet and Samsung Ativ Q. On the Gateway 2000 Liberty laptop the pointing stick is above the enter key on the right side of the keyboard. A pointing stick was featured in the New Nintendo 3DS as a secondary analog stick, known as the C-Stick.
The claim that the advent of optical tracking in mice put trackballs at a disadvantage makes no sense, as trackballs acquired optical tracking before mice. The first optical mouse (using the modern definition) was released in 1999 by Microsoft. The Logitech Trackman Marble used optical tracking and was released in 1996 — around 3 years earlier.
The WNBA will become the first women's professional sports league in the U.S. to have league-wide optical tracking after entering a multi-year deal with Second Spectrum, a Genius Sports technology ...
The Mighty Mouse supported two buttons, and a miniature trackball for scrolling. On October 20, 2009, the wireless Mighty Mouse was discontinued and replaced by the multi-touch Magic Mouse . The wired version of the device remained available, but was renamed the Apple Mouse , [ 1 ] due to trademark issues with another manufacturer of a device ...
The problem with using eye tracking in usability testing is the required hardware and then expense. Additionally, eye tracking is limited to small sample sizes and abnormal browsing environments. Mouse tracking, on the other hand, is inexpensive and the data can be collected from any computer.