Space Pad 3D mouse concept

For 3Dconnexion’s Design Challenge II, to design a future 3D mouse, FORM + FUNCTION designed a simplistic 3D mouse targeted at Mac users, called Space Pad. Combining 3Dconnexion’s 3D controller cap with Apple’s Magic Trackpad form factor. Four touch sensitive areas allow for different type of inputs (touch, swipe). Unfortunately Space Pad did not get the chance to compete in the finals – but the rapid concept generation (Space Pad was a 2 day project) – gave us some other interesting ideas…

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