Award winning Gyration Air Mouse Elite with MotionTools now Mac compatible

The Air Mouse Elite can be either used as a normal desk mouse or, more excitingly, as an in-air mouse. When you pick the mouse up and pull its trigger, the built-in gyroscopic sensors detect hand movements. The Elite then uses your hand movements to control the position of the pointer on the screen with jitter-free, pixel accurate precision. The Air Mouse Elite brings a freedom of motion which delivers more powerful presentation delivery, more interactive classroom lectures, more immersive game play, and more convenient access to online and home media centre digital entertainment.

The Elite’s long range, wireless technology gives presenters the freedom to move around the room to captivate and engage audiences. It enables users to easily and accurately position the pointer precisely on the screen with simple hand movements, making it a perfect navigation and interaction tool for web-based and media centre home entertainment. With its in-air motion control, the Elite replaces the frustrating, old style, remotes with button navigation and gives the freedom and precision of desktop mice, but without the need of a flat surface to operate.

The Air Mouse Elite is supplied with Movea’s powerful MotionTools™ software – a suite of effects and tools that allow users to customise, activate and control desktop applications with the flick of their wrist. For example, MotionTools’ library of gestures can be used by a presenter to zoom in on the screen, or to turn the mouse cursor into a highlighter, a laser pointer or a pen. A gentle swipe in-air can activate embedded media or other special effects to captivate audiences with exciting, impactful presentations. Additionally, MotionTools automatically recognizes the application programme being used, such as Keynote, PowerPoint, Safari, Internet Explorer, iTunes, or Windows Media Player. Gesture controls can then be programmed for your favourite applications. Standard features include: volume control, cut, paste, play/pause video, change tracks or radio stations, and more.

“As broadband becomes faster and more high definition content becomes available on line, people are hooking up computers to their TVs to access this content, browse the web, and use other online services,” said Bryan Hoadley, EVP of worldwide sales for Movea SA, owners of the Gyration brand. “But this change from the computer screen to the TV as the primary display requires a new way to interface at a distance that is still as accurate and as easy to use as a desktop mouse. The Gyration Air Mouse Elite is the perfect solution and now it’s compatible with Macs, PCs and even the Playstation 3. The Air Mouse Elite and MotionTools open up a new world of interactivity for our customers.”

The Air Mouse Elite weighs just 100g (3.3 ounces) and boasts a sleek, ergonomic design that works very comfortably for left- or right-handed users and has three assignable buttons for favourite tasks. It also includes a laser sensor for traditional desktop performance, making it ideal for those occasions when working at a desk or other flat surface is preferable. The USB-powered recharging cradle ensures that the air mouse is always ready for use and its batteries typically last three weeks of normal use before needing to be recharged.