SpaceOrb 360

[2][3] The SpaceOrb was especially suited for the gameplay of Descent because of the complete freedom-of-motion afforded by its rendering engine.

As of the Half-Life engine (based on the original Quake source), there was specific support for the SpaceOrb's capabilities.

Developers later started to drop variable movement speed support, which reduced the 10bit translation force measurement to 1bit per direction.

It has been supplanted by more modern devices sold under Logitech's 3Dconnexion brand, which are all one-handed 3DMice that afford the other hand the freedom to interact with the keyboard/mouse.

In 2009, a SpaceOrb fan with the username "vputz" has designed Arduino add ons (OrbDuino,[4] OrbShield,[5] Orbotron[6]) to make SpaceOrbs available over USB, making it compatible with modern operating systems by emulating joystick, mouse, and/or keyboard.