5DT Data Glove Successfully Connected to Linux Cluster CAVE Demo

The 5DT Data Glove 16 (right hand) now successfully connected to our Linux cluster city demo, a four-screen CAVE demo. As simple as using pre-defined gesture, index finger, for example to indicate turn right, you can program the gesture as complicated as you want while using raw data instead of pre-defined gestures.

The 5DT Data Glove 16 measures finger flexure as well as the abduction between the fingers. Finger flexure is measured at two places (1^st joint/knuckle, 2^nd joint) on each finger. The glove consists of a lycra glove with embedded fibre optic sensors. The 5DT Data Glove 16 connects to a 9-pin RS232 serial port (DB9 connector) via the interface cable.

The 5DT Data Glove Driver provides access to the 5DT range of data gloves at an intermediate level. The Linux version is provided in form of a C/C++ header file (fglove.h), and a dynamic library file (libfglove.so). The API is free for both Windows and Linux.

There are 16 pre-defined gestures, i.e., 0 for fist and 15 for flat hand, etc.