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Recorded mouse positions replayed over music video [NSFW]

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Re: Recorded mouse positions replayed over music video [NSFW]

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Post by logn »

"After 50 years of pointing and clicking, we are celebrating the nearing end of the computer cursor with a music video where all our cursors can be seen together for one last time."

I don't see any way the cursor dies without the keyboard dying. And I don't see the keyboard dying. Just because tech bloggers and journalists are incapable of writing about any hardware besides tablets and phones doesn't mean that's all we (will) use.

Re: Recorded mouse positions replayed over music video [NSFW]

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Post by mapleoin »

logn wrote: post #3

"After 50 years of pointing and clicking, we are celebrating the nearing end of the computer cursor with a music video where all our cursors can be seen together for one last time." I don't see any way the cursor dies without the keyboard dying. And I don't see the keyboard dying. Just because tech bloggers and journalists are incapable of writing about any hardware besides tablets and phones doesn't mean that's all…

I don't see why the mouse should be tied to the keyboard. They're used for different purposes. We use mice to point stuff in a specific place on the screen. It would be much faster to do that by just putting your finger on the screen (and more intuitive, since we already use our fingers like that). I think the time it takes for my hand to move from the keyboard to the mouse is about equal than it would take to move it to the screen.

Re: Recorded mouse positions replayed over music video [NSFW]

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Post by daigoba66 »

alternize wrote: post #7

apparently, the video is re-rendered on a regular basis containing the flock of mouse pointers: We composite the music video with the latest pointers every 30 minutes orso. For that we use Node.js & FFMPEG

There is one shot that has a small yellow disc. I guess after many iterations people with their mouse pointers have drawn on it a smiley face. That is pretty neat.

Re: Recorded mouse positions replayed over music video [NSFW]

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Post by logn »

mapleoin wrote: post #5
logn wrote: post #3

"After 50 years of pointing and clicking, we are celebrating the nearing end of the computer cursor with a music video where all our cursors can be seen together for one last time." I don't see any way the cursor dies without the keyboard dying. And I don't see the keyboard dying. Just because tech bloggers and journalists are incapable of writing about any hardware besides tablets and phones doesn't mean that's all…

I don't see why the mouse should be tied to the keyboard. They're used for different purposes. We use mice to point stuff in a specific place on the screen. It would be much faster to do that by just putting your finger on the screen (and more intuitive, since we already use our fingers like that). I think the time it takes for my hand to move from the keyboard to the mouse is about equal than it would take to move i…

So assuming you're using a physical keyboard with a separate monitor, you would prefer to extend your arm out to your monitor? I think the mouse would be much faster and a trackpad below the keyboard is faster still. Further, the mouse is more exact, doesn't obscure the image, allows quick access to right-clicking, and doesn't leave smudges on the screen (though I see us solving that problem).
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