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Ive always thought this would be cool, and now the OS technology seems it could really make it easy to implement-
Is there a known/easy way to hook up dual mice as inputs to a multi-touch enabled OS, such as Win7, and use one in each hand to simulate two hands (or fingers?) on the screen? This would make it easy to stretch, rotate, etc and simulate a lot of the gestures used on touchscreens.
I think it might be alot of fun for certain kinds of games, and many artistic apps as well.
In Windows, you can use the Direct Input API included in DirectX 8+ to read the independent input of as many mice as desired. Easiest way is to get ahold of several USB mice and connect them all at once.
Also, you don’t need to have a 3D view whatsoever to take advantage of DirectInput, you can use access the API from a regular Win32 or .Net app.
For instance, the PC game Ricochet Infinity allows two mice as input for its two player co-op mode.