Logitech WingMan Force Feedback Mouse

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Summary: A revolutionary mouse!
Review: Imagine feeling pictures and links on web pages, the softness corduroy, the rough texture of sand paper. With the Wingman FF mouse, you can do all that and more! This is the most amazing computer product I have ever purchased! This mouse allows users to feel things like weight, textures, and gravity by simulating their properites. When you click and drag a folder across your desktop, you can feel the mouse resist you, as if you're actually pulling on an object. It also works with hundreds of software titles, especially ones with force feedback already incorporated into the program. Most of my car racing games have FF, so you can feel bumps in the road, the engine rev, and the car crashing. It's so cool. Once you try this mouse, you will never go back to normal mice.

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Summary: A valiant attempt of a product, with horrid results.
Review: This looked like it would add a new experience to my time at the mouse, and it did: vertigo.

After spending nearly 3 hours making the old version 3.30 WingMan software (last updated version, Logitech tech rep admitted that 3.30 had some rather nasty bugs, most noticably locking my system tight when it came to a testing stage) work with this device, after countless hoops and USB changes, I managed to get it to work. I toyed with 'iFeel Desktop', which I found to be rather amusing, although its ability to react seemed to be entirely in regards to a slight kick when changing menu options or rolling over icons.

I managed to get it to run in a game of 'Black and White', which it seemed to do quite well to begin with, although due to its constrained size, zooming in and out and basic navigation proved to be impossible.

The mouse is physically attached to the pad, giving it a wide range of mobility roughly 2"x3". This means that you can not use this at all for any applications that require any form of precision. If you need something that buzzes under your hand, get an iFeel MouseMan.

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Summary: This is an Experience
Review: When you use this product,you will never want to go back to any other mouse made. The sensation you receive is beyond word description. I discovered the Wingman Force Feed Mouse was invented by a company named Immersion. What will they come up with next?