CAPTIVE- The Manipulating Device

Researchers at North Carolina State University have devoloped a user-friendly, Inexpensive controller for manipulating virtual objects in a computer program in three dimensions. Called CAPTIVE, the device allows users to manupulating objects more quickly with less lag time than existing technologies

CAPTIVE offers six degrees of freedom for users with applications ranging from videos gaming to medical diagnostics to desing tools, And CAPTIVE makes use of only three components: a simple cube, the webcame already found on most smartphones and laptops, and custom software