Low-Cost Open-Source Data Glove

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Low-Cost Open-Source Data Glove

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Gloves that are wired with sensors can provide useful information about a user's motions, and they offer a novel way to interact with computers beyond the keyboard and mouse. At the end of May, AnthroTronix, a company based in Silver Spring, MD, released its first commercial version of the AcceleGlove, a programmable glove that records hand and finger movements. Other gloves--like 5DT's Data Glove, used primarily in virtual reality--normally cost $1,000 to $5,000, but the AcceleGlove costs just $499.
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Ok, not exactly S3D related, but its about VR so I know it will interest some people here. A new data-glove for only $500!
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cool!
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Isnt the Essential Reality P5 virtual reality glove way cheaper and older than that?
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Okta wrote:Isnt the Essential Reality P5 virtual reality glove way cheaper and older than that?
True. I've got the P5, it was sorta cool but way too inaccurate. It couldn't be used for anything serious.
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