Twinkle box: a three-dimensional computer input device

  • Authors:
  • Robert P. Burton;Ivan E. Sutherland

  • Affiliations:
  • Bell Telephone Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey;Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '74 Proceedings of the May 6-10, 1974, national computer conference and exposition
  • Year:
  • 1974

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Abstract

During the past fifteen years, use of two-dimensional computer input/output devices has become commonplace. Since the earliest uses of the light pen for target identification in air defense systems it has been obvious that two-dimensional input would be interesting and useful. A large number of two-dimensional tablets and digitizers have been developed and have come into quite effective use. These devices have made use of mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, and acoustic phenomena. (See bibliographical references.)