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First Fully Programmable Gesture-Recognition Glove, Cheap
Al writes "The AcceleGlove from AnthroTronix, is the first fully programmable glove that records hand and finger movements. Other gloves — like 5DT's Data Glove, which is used primarily in virtual reality — normally cost $1,000 to $5,000, but the AcceleGlove costs just $499. The AcceleGlove comes with software that lets developers use Java to program it for any application they wish. AnthroTronix initially developed the glove with the US Department of Defense for robotic control but it could also be used in video games, sports training, or physical rehabilitation."
Gotta get me one of those.
"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up." -- Lily Tomlin
You might consider that price a bargain, for what it does, but that is NOT cheap!
The voice synth part is annoying though when it says, "stop that or you will go blind!" anytime I move the glove vigorously.
Are slashvertisements self-serve now? Do you just pick an editor and a dept and enter your credit card info?
Yay! That just opens up a whole new world of sex toys...
FU !
Yours In Translation,
Kilgore Trout
It's so bad.
Now I can jerk off with a robot hand controlled by my real hand!
Porquoi?
Completely counting my own comment above...it's amusing to me how many commenters immediately took this news to a perverted place.
Porquoi?
I remember well a few more "first affordable" devices, from hand writing recognition to HMDs. Usually, you have to sacrifice quality when you drop the price, and usually that's basically what is done.
I'm not saying this won't be a quality device. I just say I've seen it happen far too often to jump on "first affordable" devices anymore.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
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So it has 5 1D accelerometers under each finger connected to a primitive microcontroller and an usb controller? Basically no useful software? For $500 that's probably going to be $800+ when and if it ever reaches Europe? Forgive me but this is hardly exciting. Come beck when you have 32 sensors which I believe is the minimum you'll need if you want to be able to record every movement of a human hand. Then you'll be worth your 3 line slashvertisement.
They want their Powerglove back.
I guess it must be difficult to determine if I'm holding up my middle finger.
Why not have bluetooth or wireless USB. Seems like for something interactive you're not going to want to be wired down for it. If game controllers can do it you'd think something 10x the price wouldn't have a wire sticking out the back.
This gesture glove, combined with a large LED-matrix display fitted to the back of my car would take driving to a whole new level.
This is a substitute for a clever sig that fits within the maximum number of characters.
Ah yes, the age old complaint about misleading headlines. They will never end. I'm sure cheap in this case is a relative word. It's relatively considerably cheaper than the alternatives.
This will go great combined with facial recognition goggles ... so, when you flip someone the bird, your iPhone simultaneous texts them, "FU!" while also hacking into their bank account and stealing all their money! ;-)
just imagine this glove together with a hot, burning, pink Apple iPhone !
The possibilities are endless.
If you use it with your left hand, it feels like Perl.
Because if it can, I'm sure virtual handjobs from your favorite porn star are just minutes away.
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In interactive media:
take off the glove to smack your opponent as you challenge them to a duel!
play a virtual flute that will make others watching you think you've gone insane!
Fill the glove with Vasoline and pretend you're Curly(R) from Of Mice and Men(C)!
Most realistic boss-stabbing simulation ever!
Aim your gun - WITH YOUR HANDS(TM)! (disclaimer: never aim a gun with other appendages)
Smack them bitches - LITERALLY!
Pretend you're a ghost by activating {noclip} and walking through walls! (disclamer: do not attempt to walk through walls)
Pet virtual chickens!
Coming soon from ANTHROTRONICS!
The IntelliSock (patent pending)!
All your friends will be jealous of you when you wiggle and pick up things with your toes - IN A VIRTUAL WORLD! WOW!
After all, who would like a VR fighting game where you can't _kick your enemy when he's down_(TM)?
This technology is already obsolete. Microsoft's project Natal has the technology
that does the gesture recognition without any glove.
That said, there are probably other possible areas where this technology
would be better suited that camera based gesture recognotion as in Natal.
For instance, recording the surgeons hand & finger movements for modelling
and replay/simulation later.
How long before surgeons start using these to perform surgery over the internet?
How do you tag this !jacko without it auto-completing to !jackoff?
I made a primitive version with a partner in highschool, we did finger bending using potentiometers but never got around to getting position so we used a mouse.
(I was in charge of software)
Now I looked at sparkfun and they have a 6 degrees of freedom sensor for $125, add to that six flex sensors ($13 each) and some sort of CPU looks like something around $40 would do and you have your very own data glove for around $250.
VR gloves in consumer hands are nothing new. First there was the Nintendo Powerglove and then a while later there was the P5 Glove for the PC and soon to be there is Microsofts Natal, which works completly without gloves and instead just with a camera.
I really don't see anything special about this, especially since the price falls in into the fucking expensive category and not into one where it is interesting for the average consumers.
Don't worry, manufacturers are working hard to make these gloves cheaper in time for christmas. It's the replacement fingers that will cost you.
For some reason the summary links to 5DT's MRI glove, which is specialized for use in MRI applications (no metal) and obviously costs more ... cheaper 'normal' glove is here.
An input device for those of us that have been frustrated for many years by the fact that computers can never tell when we are flipping them off!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
interactive three finger salute?
I just thought of a great way to use this device for those times you have to reboot your system.
Microsoft's low cost Project Natal camera system would seem to make this sort of thing obsolete. Why wear a glove if a cheap time-of-flight IR camera can capture your gestures effectively?
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It's more likely than you think.
And as a side note.... $500 is never "cheap" unless we're talking cars, houses, real jewelry, or very powerful computers.