Market overview#

This page gives an overview on different DIY and professional products on the market. Last update Sep/2023. Refer also to hackaday.io.

Full 6D DIY projects#

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2022	OS3M Mouse	Colton Baldridge	link		in development	digital inductance sensors w/ metal as Stewart platform	3D print (included printed spring mechanism)

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started	name	author	link	picture	status	detection and electronics	mechanics
2022	Shamrock Sixnav	Brian Lu (GreenCap)	link		HW pictures, raw data but no final results	IR LED + Phototransistor, variable thickness plastics (IR damping)	3D printing + Springs
2022	Space Mushroom	Shiura	link video		finished w/ video	Stewart platform made from potentiometers (3x 2D analog joysticks)	3D printed
2013	6D (axsotic)	valentin heun	link		start of a startup which is no longer existing	?	3D printed ?
2021	6D input	RepRap Ltd.	link		investigation phase	Based on DIY force sensors, but also discussing 6 magnetic sensors	3D printed
2022	Haptik 6DOF input device	Matthew Schubert	link & video		prototype build	Based on force sensors (strain gauges) and Steward platform principle	n/a
2024	One more 3D mouse	Vedran	link		first tests	magnets and hall effect sensors	3D printed spring

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2024	Hall Effect CAD Mouse	John Crombie	video & repo		working	magnets and hall effect sensors	3D printed pull springs

Full 6D professional products#

Product Name	Company	Picture	Technology	Comment
SpaceMouse	3D connexion		3 or 6 optical position sensors with 6 LEDs and slit structure, 3 springs, plastic housing and metal block mount	Probably the market leader. Teardowns: link or link or video

Less than 6D (DIY) projects#