Data glove
<hardware, virtual reality> An input device for virtual reality in the form of a glove which measures the movements of the wearer's fingers and transmits them to the computer. Sophisticated data gloves also measure movement of the wrist and elbow.
A data glove may also contain control buttons or act as an output device, e.g. vibrating under control of the computer.
The user usually sees a virtual image of the data glove and can point or grip and push objects.
Examples are Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT)'s 5th Glove, and Virtual Technologies' CyberGlove.
A cheaper alternative is InWorld VR's CyberWand.
["Full freedom plus input", PC Magazine, Mar 14 1995, pp. 168-190].
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