3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator 3D mouse & Google Earth

18 September 2007, 11:50am

September 18, 2007 - 3Dconnexion™ today announced its SpaceNavigator™ 3D mouse is now supported by the new Google Earth™ 4.2.0196 public beta. Google Earth users can now enjoy the popular new “sky mode” with the 3D mouse by flying to far-away galaxies, zooming in to see imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope and soaring past constellations.

3Dconnexion’s SpaceNavigator 3D mouse enables seamless control and navigation with an easy-to-use controller cap that can be pulled, tilted or twisted to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate 3D scenes within Google Earth.

Additional information regarding availability and support:

* The SpaceNavigator Personal Edition (PE) device has a suggested retail price of $59. The personal edition license supports non-commercial use of the device and offers online technical support only. The SpaceNavigator Standard Edition (SE) device has a suggested retail price of $99. The standard edition license comes with an unrestricted user's license and two years of full support (Web, e-mail and phone). Upgrades from SpaceNavigator PE to SpaceNavigator SE licenses are $40 and are available online at www.3dconnexion.com.

* The SpaceNavigator 3D mouse currently works with Google Earth on Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista™, and Macintosh® OS X 10.4.6 and above, and is available through major online resellers, including Amazon and CDW; a network of value added resellers; and directly from 3Dconnexion at www.3dconnexion.com.

* The 3Dconnexion product line is supported by more than 100 of today’s most popular 3D applications, including Adobe Photoshop® CS3 Extended, Autodesk® Maya® and all top-tier 3D CAD applications.

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