From: <TJR122@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
Subject: TECH: Power Glove interface/software?
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 04:05:38 EST
Organization: Penn State University



Ok, so I'm a VR rookie.  I'm a newcomer among all of you Virtual
Veterans of Reality.  Though I suppose we're all just looking for the
ultimate (Just say NO to drugs) high, right!  So could anybody (or
EVERYBODY) point me in the right direction....I'm standing here
holding my powerglove in one hand and my soldering iron in the other,
looking at my computer, scratching my head.  I'm not an idiot, buy I
figure 'Why should I spend weeks figuring out stuff that you guys
already know and writing software that you guya alread have!?'  I need
to know the best (/easiest) way to build an interface for the Glove
and where I can get this Power Glove software everybody's talking
about (for a DOS machine).  I'm also about to get my hands on a pair
of Sega 3D glasses, so any info about them would also be REALLY nice.

Oh, by the way, here's another question...Nintendo only sees the
powerglove as UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT.  But the technology being used
by the Glove seems to imply that it should be able to tell, with
pretty good resolution, where the glove is positioned, AND HOW FAR (a
position VECTOR as opposed to a compass direction).  Am I right in
assuming that this system is triangulating the position (or the offset
position) of the Glove?  If so, could we not, then, just take the
outputs from each transducer on the "L" bar and have the computer do
the math for us?

Your help would be greatly appreciated, oh Mighty Gurus of all that is
Virtual.

Thanx.
Tom Rusnock, TJR122@PSUVM.PSU.EDU