Microsoft mouse drivers are input devices that detect a two-dimensional motion which can be translated as the movement of a pointer on a screen. Therefore, they allow a great control of a graphical user interface. A computing mouse can future one or more buttons, or it can have no visible buttons at all. The newest models come with a multi-touch technology that gives them the possibility to deliver the highest performance.
Although many people don’t know this, Microsoft mouse drivers also allow users to employ them “gesturaly”. That means that there are certain stylized moves of the cursor that command a specific action. Furthermore, there are drawing programs in which the user can move the mouse in a rapid “x” form over an image in order to delete it. However, there are many other types of mouse drivers that can meet anyone’s needs.
The optical mouse incorporates a light-emitting diode and an array of photodiodes, which can convert light into energy. That way it can detect motion relative to the underlying surface, unlike a mechanical mouse which is based on internal moving parts. Furthermore, an optical mouse which uses coherent light in order to function is called a laser mouse. The newest optical drivers function on most opaque surfaces, and they are designed to deliver a great precision as they can’t detect movement on glass or other specular surfaces. The wireless optical mouse works on batteries and it features a LED that is flashed intermittently in order to save power. Therefore it glows steadily only when it detects movement.
One of the Microsoft mouse drivers that reflect the best our modern times is the 3D mouse. These devices are also known as bats, wands, or flying mice and they operate through ultrasound. |Moreover, they offer more than three degrees of freedom, and the best example that can allow anyone to see how they function is the 3D RingMouse, which appeared in the 1990s. This device was located in a ring which had to be put around a finger. That way the user’s thumb was enabled to access three buttons. Although it could be tracked in three dimensions, it didn’t include an optimum resolution, so it was discontinued.
The Wii Remote represents a 3D pointing device that offers some of the benefits that a normal mouse offers. The only difference is that it incorporates additional features which make it a motion-sensing device, so it can detect its spatial position. However, it can calculate spatial coordinates only if the camera can see the sensor bar.