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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 10 2014 - 09:59:21 CDT

Tristan,
  It looks like 3D Systems bought up Geomagic (who bought Sensable),
so these are likely a new less expensive variant of the old
Sensable 'Phantom Omni' hardware that we have had here for some time.
If they are selling for $500 and have a device comparable to the old
'Phantom Omni', that would be really great. The remaining issue will
be software APIs. I'm hoping that they have cleaned things up so it's
less of an arduous task to get things working with VRPN and VMD...

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 10:03:22PM +0000, Tristan Croll wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for this. While looking around I came across a new device about to be released, the 3D Systems Touch - 3DOF feedback and 6DOF positional for around $500. Also looks promising.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tristan
>
>
>
> Tristan Croll
> Lecturer
> Faculty of Health
> School of Biomedical Sciences
> Institute of Health and Biomedical Engineering
> Queensland University of Technology
> 60 Musk Ave
> Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 Australia
> +61 7 3138 6443
>
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>
>
> > On 8 Oct 2014, at 5:53 am, "John Stone" <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Tristan,
> > The falcon may still be the best bang for the buck if you manage
> > to buy up whatever stock remains at online retailers. Beyond that,
> > my experience is primarily with the Sensable Phantom Omni and
> > Phantom Desktop. Since Sensable got bought by Geomagic, they now
> > sell them as "Geomagic Touch", from what I see on the web at least.
> > I have no idea what Geomagic's pricing is (they don't seem to list it),
> > but I would expect it to be $1,200 or more since that's very roughly
> > what it used to be.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >> On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 07:23:17PM +0000, Tristan Croll wrote:
> >> Hi Axel,
> >>
> >> Just to be clear, I *do* use (and love) the Falcon for IMD - but now the company's out of business I can't get more of them to fit out a classroom.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Tristan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Tristan Croll
> >> Lecturer
> >> Faculty of Health
> >> School of Biomedical Sciences
> >> Institute of Health and Biomedical Engineering
> >> Queensland University of Technology
> >> 60 Musk Ave
> >> Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 Australia
> >> +61 7 3138 6443
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>> On 8 Oct 2014, at 3:00 am, "Axel Kohlmeyer" <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Tristan Croll <tristan.croll_at_qut.edu.au> wrote:
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Personally I love my Novint Falcon and couldn?t function on a day-to-day
> >>>> basis without it or something similar ? and have been keen for some time to
> >>>> begin adapting haptic IMD towards teaching applications. But, judging from
> >>>> the state of the Novint website the company is defunct ? most of the links
> >>>> are broken and their email address bounces. Just wondering if there?s anyone
> >>>> on the list with experience with different devices and might be willing to
> >>>> offer an opinion?
> >>>
> >>> why not use the falcon? it *is* supported by VRPN...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Tristan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> >>> College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA
> >>> International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.
> >
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