5th January 2006, 10:45 PM
Here's the problem lazy. A gyroscope only provides resistance in the sense that if you try to ROTATE the spin, it resists because of the sudden attempt to change the object's state of motion, and the inertia involved is a lot greater than simply moving it side to side. That said, moving it side to side, along the line of the spinning thingy, will provide no resistance. That can only work in a very limited fasion that wouldn't make it worth the cost. Counter balances are interesting, perhaps some sort of weights that snap back and forth to pop it, but that only works for a split second of applied force and then it has to reset. Also, it adds the weight of those weights.
Anything added in this way just won't work too well... In the end, there's only so much force feedback that can be provided without just plain tethering the whole thing to a boon attached to the ground, something that itself could sense all those motions and could react smoothly with the motors programmed to react in various ways. I've seen 3d mice that use similar technology that can be used to "touch" a virtual object with that sort of resistance, reacting differently to tapping wood, mud, and metal. Those will work VERY well though, however I don't think they would sell. They are VERY expensive, require a lot of extra coding, and well, despite how immersive it would be, sort of defeat the entire purpose of having a remote controller.
Anything added in this way just won't work too well... In the end, there's only so much force feedback that can be provided without just plain tethering the whole thing to a boon attached to the ground, something that itself could sense all those motions and could react smoothly with the motors programmed to react in various ways. I've seen 3d mice that use similar technology that can be used to "touch" a virtual object with that sort of resistance, reacting differently to tapping wood, mud, and metal. Those will work VERY well though, however I don't think they would sell. They are VERY expensive, require a lot of extra coding, and well, despite how immersive it would be, sort of defeat the entire purpose of having a remote controller.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)