8/7/2025
Welp, I didn't think I'd get it figured out, but The Vizsla is working exactly like it should! I adjusted the sensitivity and exponent for the mouse movement and it's much more fluid. There's no weird lock that happens occasionally, plus the sip and puff has been adjusted to have a latching option. If you "hold" the sip or puff for a little over half a second, you'll latch down the left or right mouse button. This is great for stuff like moving icons or card games that require dragging. You just do a quick opposite to get it to release. So if you're puffing, you'd do a quick sip and vice-versa. I played Solitaire with it yesterday and actually won! And I'm NOT good at Solitaire. The only real downside is that, now that there's a wireless version working like it should, I have zero reason to build the wired versions, I guess? But that's a good problem to have, I think, since I was able to get the costs to where they're pretty much equal.
I also finished a custom order for someone last night. It was a big ol' box with 3" arcade buttons that you can hit with a closed fist to emulate WASD. I was so worried about something coming apart that I may or may not have put about 25 screws in it. But it's durable as hell! I plan to ship that one today if I can find a dang box that it will fit in.
Today, I'll reach out to Oklahoma State University's ESports team to see if there's anything that anyone can use. I got some great info from OSU ABLE Tech for people to contact. Here's hoping they move forward with purchasing some of my stuff on the 28th!
Contacting some physical therapists that work with stroke survivors is another goal for today. I really think that The Aussie will work great for people wanting to get into gaming for the first time or get back into gaming after their stroke.
Tonight, I need to make a video of The Vizsla being used, plus some advice on setting it up. It's not difficult by any means, just quirky for the first set up.
Progress is progress and we're moving on up! -VCRchitect