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Note: Tenebrous Pau reports that as of Second Life 1.20.0 84432 (possibly earlier), the SL viewer has built in support for the SpaceNavigator, including controlling your avatar, manipulating objects in build mode, and using the flycam. This works for him on Vista 32-bit, with the latest 3DConnexion drivers (no need for RBC9). | |||
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Revision as of 14:56, 11 April 2008
What is it?
The 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator is a 3D navigation device or 3D Mouse with six degrees of freedom which can be used in conjunction with Second Life's flycam mode.
The SpaceNavigator works with SL's flycam mode using the latest 3DConnexion driver. See the Flycam wiki page for detailed instructions.
See also
SpaceNavigator is not known to work with the Second Life Linux client. See VWR-5297.
A solution for Mac (April 07)
SL forum thread (restricted access)
Six degrees of freedom (wikipedia)
Tenebrous Pau has had success using the SpaceNavigator in conjunction with a community-provided driver (which makes the SpaceNavigator appear to Windows like a Game Controller).
- The RBC9 driver, a community-provided joystick driver for SpaceNavigator (March 07). Note: The RBC9 driver is not needed to make the SpaceNavigator work with SL; just use the latest 3DConnexion driver.
- A relevant 3dconnexion forum post
Note: Tenebrous Pau reports that as of Second Life 1.20.0 84432 (possibly earlier), the SL viewer has built in support for the SpaceNavigator, including controlling your avatar, manipulating objects in build mode, and using the flycam. This works for him on Vista 32-bit, with the latest 3DConnexion drivers (no need for RBC9).