Touch screens
Sammy
Been Googling and came across this:
http://www.touch-buddy.com
http://www.touch-buddy.com/forums/faq/18-master-faq.html
Looks good, but what I'd really like is a solution that actually
worked with the existing panels and VC. Not that I'm necessarily
wanting to run out and place an order for touch screens today but I'd
like to look into this.
An...@stotzer.com
> Is anyone here using touch screen in their sim setup?
>
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> Looks good, but what I'd really like is a solution that actually
> worked with the existing panels and VC. Not that I'm necessarily
> wanting to run out and place an order for touch screens today but I'd
> like to look into this.
Hey Sammy. TouchBuddy has a feature that lets you set a Tab/Screen as
transparent. If you have some other tools you want to display and
also use TB for an interface, you can just add a Transparent Tab to
the TB Profile. We currently have many users using 3rd party gauges
behind TB in this way.
Hope this helps. Feel free to post on Touch-Buddy.com with any
questions.
WBK
TOCA
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Not for real, but I have a flightsim on my PocketPC, and its nice to just
push a button with your finger, instead of reaching for the mouse, eaven if
the FS for PPC don't have a lot of onscreen buttons :o/
http://www.leobueno.net/
Tommy C
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Thought it was one of those transperent overlays for the PC screen, but the
video shows a external screen, now wouldn't that be like having keyboard
shortcuts, just in a highteck way?
Tommy C
Sammy
> Ooops, just clicked the link, to see what you were realy talking about :o/
>
> Thought it was one of those transperent overlays for the PC screen, but the
> video shows a external screen, now wouldn't that be like having keyboard
> shortcuts, just in a highteck way?
No not really. Imagine actually flicking the switches instead of using
the mouse. I think in a lot of ways that'd be superior to a cockpit
build because you could switch planes without rearranging physical
components. Even better imagine actually physically touching a gauge,
knob, switch or lever on your VC and having it respond. I think that'd
defintely add to the realism. Perhaps this plus a TrackIR would feel a
lot more real to some. I'd have to try it to know for sure if it'd be
good or a gimmick.
Sammy
That is interesting. I think the main issue would be having to add
these transparent overlays for each plane. Also it wouldn't cope well
with the FS panels being resized, but I guess you'd just stick to a
single custom view. I don't suppose you have any ideas on how to get
this working with a virtual cockpit where you can look in any
direction and a transparent tab overlay just wouldn't work????
TOCA
Not realy, those transparent overlays a linked to your display, so that your
touches are transferred to that spot on the picture, you will only have to
calibrate it once in a while, then it works with allmost anny programe, the
touchscreen will just replace your mouse, the cursor jumps to where you're
touching, and you can singletap or double tap, in stead of clicking.
Have you ever worked with a digitizer? It's the same thing, just without the
pen. The realy sophisticated versions can eaven handle the use of two
fingers at the same time.
http://www.touchscreens.com/products-addon.html
Tommy C
An...@stotzer.com
I'm not sure what your talking about here. I don't understand what
looking around would have to do with a TouchScreen.
But if you just want to use TB and also have other FS panels on that
same touchscreen, it should be doable. Here is a example of TB with a
Transparent tab and some TB radar, system, and loadout modules at the
top, and then since it is a transparent tab, there is a 3rd party tool/
panel displaying guages behind TB.
http://www.touch-buddy.com/forums/touch-buddy-lockon-virtual-panel/825-lovp-tb-integration.html
WBK
Sammy
> I'm not sure what your talking about here. I don't understand what
> looking around would have to do with a TouchScreen.
I'm talking about overlaying a tab over the top of a moving VC instead
of a fixed 2d panel. With the 2d panel the buttons don't move
(ignoring resizing the panel, lets just say you don't do that). With a
VC, the buttons aren't at the same co-ordinates on the screen, so a
fixed overlay would be of no use.
TOCA
only at what point of the screen you touch. Ofcourse it will get confused if
you press a button, and turn your head at the same time, because then the
button is no longer where your finger is pointing, but that's a problem you
have with anny pointing device, combined with TIR and VC.
OT: If you realy want to get techie (geeky), you get a eyetracking program
for your webcam, then you just have to starre hard enough on a button, to
activate it ;o)
Tommy C