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From: schaub4@urz.unibas.ch
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Subject: Re: HELP YAW PITCH ROLL Clarification
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Date: 22 May 91 14:18:27 GMT
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In article <1991May19.175127.1567@urz.unibas.ch>, schaub4@urz.unibas.ch writes:
> 
> Help please! 
> I am trying to a build a prototype for my concept of an alternative 3D input 
> device. Could anyone help me finding the cheapest way of getting info 
> about the three angular positions (yaw, pitch, roll) of an object around 60 
> times each second?

It seems that I have left out an important point in my question: the
inputdevice will be handheld and will not rest on a surface. The biggest
problem I have to solve is to find a way of measuring rotations around the
vertical axis (the magnetic field of the earth would perhaps be to difficult 
to measure quickly and accurately). 

> It seems that I could use the Isotraksystem, but it 
> might be to costly for my productidea and some kind of overkill, since I 
> would not need the X Y Z coordinates. 
> Please excuse my untechnical way of putting my question; I am an 
> industrial designer and quite a way of my professional background in this 
> field. A reply to 
> schaub4@urz.unibas.ch
> would make me very happy. If there should be enough info coming in, I will 
> post a summary.
> Thank you
> Mischa Schaub