The UNWINDER is a small external device that allows 2 analog joysticks (or any device using a standard gameport configuration) and/or digital joysticks (Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro), to be operated simultaneously on a single SGI serial port.
The adapter has a configureable RS-232 serial port, and comes with the appropriate cable for use with any SGI system.
Softimage Channels Driver available for animation and real-time control of 3D animation/characters.
An Xevent driver allows mapping joystick axes and buttons - to mouse and/or keyboard Xevents. This permits 'connecting' to most existing applications, and is easily changed thru a simple configuration file. Sample config files are provided for many applications/games, such as SGI's Flight Simulator.
Technology Playgroup develops devices and techniques primarily aimed at film/video special effects and real-time 3D camera tracking for integrating real and virtual elements.
IRIX version compatibility: 5.3, 6.3
Glenn Silver
President
Technology Playgroup Inc.
2002 St-Dominique
Montreal, QU H2X 2X1
Canada
514-282-0211 (fax)
tpg@this.is
For applications in related solution areas, see the following indices: Flight Simulation, Input/Output Devices (mice, trackballs, joysticks,, Virtual Reality/Virtual Environments, Visual Simulation, Visual/Special Effects, the developer index for Technology Playgroup Inc. and the product category index for Visualization & Simulation.
UNWINDER is a Trademark of Technology Playground Inc.