headquarters munich de website 3dconnexion . com spacenavigator 3dconnexion manufactures a line of human interface devices for manipulating and navigating computer generated 3d imagery . these devices are often referred to as 3d motion controllers 3d navigation devices 6dof devices six degrees of freedom or a 3d mouse . commonly utilized in cad applications 3d modeling animation 3d visualization and product visualization users can manipulate the controller s pressure sensitive handle historically referred to as either a cap ball mouse or knob to fly through 3d environments or manipulate 3d models within an application . the appeal of these devices over a mouse and keyboard is the ability to pan zoom and rotate 3d imagery simultaneously without stopping to change directions using keyboard shortcuts or a software interface . 3dconnexion devices are compatible with over 100 applications including autodesk inventor solid edge blender google earth second life nasa world wind virtual earth 3d geomagic google sketchup 6 cinema4d maya solidworks t flex cad photoshop and more 1 contents 1 products 2 history 3 references 4 external links products edit spacemouse enterprise spacepilot pro spacemouse pro wireless spacemouse pro spacemouse wireless spacenavigator for notebooks spacenavigator cadmouse spaceexplorer discontinued spacetraveler discontinued spaceball discontinued spacemouse discontinued spacepilot discontinued history edit spaceball 4000 flx fabricated in 2000 3dconnexion was formed in september 2001 by logitech combining logicad3d based in europe and labtec s 3d peripheral business based in the united states . the two companies had together represented more than 20 years of experience in 3d input devices . logicad3d s product the magellan controller was used in fields such as automotive design and aerospace . a nasa project used a magellan product to control a robot in space . like magellan the spaceball also had a history in space having been used to remotely drive the sojourner robot on mars . citation needed references edit http www.3dconnexion.com supported software software0.html external links edit 3dconnexion . com reseller 3dconnexion brazil free software driver and sdk for gnu linux v t e logitech products input devices driving force gt eyetoy g25 g27 quickcam thunderpad digital output devices freepulse wireless headphones squeezebox subsidiaries 3dconnexion jaybird labtec lifesize mirial s.u.r.l. sightspeed slim devices ultimate ears related gran turismo official steering wheel media server playstation 3 accessories racing wheels compatibility category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 3dconnexion & oldid 739911869 categories human computer interactioncompanies based in san jose californiavideo game control methodshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 17 september 2016 at 21 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view