Last year, CM Solutions, a technical start-up company in Dallas, Texas obtained an exclusive licensing agreement with Boston College to market Camera Mouse products. While this was good news for the company, no one seems to be resting on their laurels. Instead, CM Solutions has invested in additional research and development of the product, making a number of key improvements.
First, the company developed a new USB version of the product that allows it to be plugged directly into a USB port. This feature makes the system now compatible with laptops. Additionally, the product can now be used with an off-the-shelf web camera. These new features reduce the existing price of the Camera Mouse system by 30-"50%".
Perhaps more importantly, CM Solutions has improved upon the usability of the system.
Nick Daley, President, explains: “The original version of Camera Mouse doesn’t have a click-and-drag function. We’ve solved this problem by creating a task bar, called Click-Selector™, which allows the user to change the way the mouse will be used. Now users can choose from the following mouse functions: click-and-drag, (2) right click, (3) single click, (4) double click, and (5) no click (turning the click function off altogether). The versatility of the new version offers the user an experience that is much closer to that of using a hand-operated computer mouse.”
Another improvement, called Cursor-Comfort™, enables the user to re-position the cursor on the screen so that their head is in a more comfortable position to control the cursor.
Further details about Camera Mouse products can be found at www.cameramouse.com.