Newsletter: February 2004
The battle for effective computer control through head movement alone is hotting up, with the introduction of the HeadMouse Extreme, from Origin Instruments. As with similar devices, the user wears a small, reflective dot on his or her forehead or glasses, which is tracked by a camera-like unit attached to a standard or laptop computer screen. The device translates the movement of the head into cursor movement, giving the user hands-free pointer control.
