<s>
A	O
wired	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
(	O
also	O
called	O
a	O
dataglove	B-General_Concept
or	O
cyberglove	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
an	O
input	B-Device
device	I-Device
for	O
human	O
–	O
computer	O
interaction	O
worn	O
like	O
a	O
glove	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
a	O
motion	O
tracker	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
magnetic	O
tracking	B-Operating_System
device	I-Operating_System
or	O
inertial	O
tracking	B-Operating_System
device	I-Operating_System
,	O
is	O
attached	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
global	O
position/rotation	O
data	O
of	O
the	O
glove	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
movements	O
are	O
then	O
interpreted	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
that	O
accompanies	O
the	O
glove	B-General_Concept
,	O
so	O
any	O
one	O
movement	O
can	O
mean	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expensive	O
high-end	O
wired	B-General_Concept
gloves	I-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
provide	O
haptic	B-Device
feedback	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
of	O
the	O
sense	O
of	O
touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
a	O
wired	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
to	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
output	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traditionally	O
,	O
wired	B-General_Concept
gloves	I-General_Concept
have	O
only	O
been	O
available	O
at	O
a	O
huge	O
cost	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
finger	O
bend	O
sensors	O
and	O
the	O
tracking	B-Operating_System
device	I-Operating_System
having	O
to	O
be	O
bought	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wired	B-General_Concept
gloves	I-General_Concept
are	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
environments	O
and	O
to	O
mimic	O
human	O
hand	O
movement	O
by	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sayre	O
Glove	B-General_Concept
,	O
created	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Visualization	O
Laboratory	O
in	O
1977	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
wired	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
Thomas	B-General_Concept
G	I-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
Zimmerman	I-General_Concept
filed	O
a	O
patent	O
(	O
US	O
Patent	O
4542291	O
)	O
on	O
an	O
optical	O
flex	B-Algorithm
sensor	I-Algorithm
mounted	O
in	O
a	O
glove	B-General_Concept
to	O
measure	O
finger	O
bending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zimmerman	O
worked	O
with	O
Jaron	O
Lanier	O
to	O
incorporate	O
ultrasonic	O
and	O
magnetic	O
hand	B-Algorithm
position	I-Algorithm
tracking	I-Algorithm
technology	O
to	O
create	O
the	B-General_Concept
Power	I-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
and	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
,	O
respectively	O
(	O
US	O
Patent	O
4988981	O
,	O
filed	O
1989	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
optical	O
flex	B-Algorithm
sensor	I-Algorithm
used	O
in	O
the	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
was	O
invented	O
by	O
Young	O
L	O
.	O
Harvill	O
who	O
scratched	O
the	O
fiber	O
near	O
the	O
finger	O
joint	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
locally	O
sensitive	O
to	O
bending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
wired	B-General_Concept
gloves	I-General_Concept
available	O
to	O
home	O
users	O
in	O
1987	O
was	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-General_Concept
Power	I-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
gaming	O
glove	B-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resistive	O
sensors	O
in	O
the	O
PowerGlove	B-General_Concept
were	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
hobbyists	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
datagloves	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
CyberGlove	B-General_Concept
,	O
created	O
by	O
Virtual	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
CyberGlove	B-General_Concept
line	O
of	O
products	O
was	O
divested	O
by	O
Immersion	O
Corporation	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
CyberGlove	B-General_Concept
Systems	O
LLC	O
,	O
took	O
over	O
development	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
and	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
CyberGlove	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
CyberGlove	B-General_Concept
,	O
Immersion	O
Corp	O
also	O
developed	O
three	O
other	O
data	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
products	O
:	O
the	O
CyberTouch	O
,	O
which	O
vibrates	O
each	O
individual	O
finger	O
of	O
the	O
glove	B-General_Concept
when	O
a	O
finger	O
touches	O
an	O
object	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
;	O
the	O
CyberGrasp	O
which	O
actually	O
simulates	O
squeezing	O
and	O
touching	O
of	O
solid	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
spongy	O
objects	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
CyberForce	O
device	O
which	O
does	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
above	O
and	O
also	O
measures	O
the	O
precise	O
motion	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
entire	O
arm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
P5	B-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
was	O
released	O
by	O
Essential	O
Reality	O
(	O
hardware	O
designed	O
by	O
Johathan	O
Clarke	O
and	O
Leigh	O
Boyd	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
normal	O
applications	O
,	O
it	O
worked	O
as	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
mouse	B-Device
and	O
a	O
few	O
computer	O
games	O
were	O
specially	O
adapted	O
to	O
provide	O
"	O
3D	O
"	O
support	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
P5	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unofficial	O
drivers	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
exist	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
P5	B-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
5th	B-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
and	O
flexor	O
strip	O
kit	O
(	O
5th	B-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
DFK	O
)	O
sold	O
by	O
Fifth	O
Dimension	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
glove	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
5DT	O
's	O
ultrasonic	O
tracking	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
5DT	O
Head	O
and	O
5DT	O
Hand	O
tracker	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
track	O
movement	O
from	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
metres	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
unit	O
's	O
transmitter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
propose	O
a	O
new	O
input	B-Device
device	I-Device
:	O
an	O
image-based	O
data	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
(	O
IBDG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
attaching	O
a	O
camera	O
to	O
the	O
hand	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
and	O
a	O
visual	O
marker	O
to	O
each	O
finger	O
tip	O
,	O
they	O
use	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
techniques	O
to	O
estimate	O
the	O
relative	O
position	O
of	O
the	O
finger	O
tips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Zealand	O
company	O
StretchSense	O
has	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
stretch	O
sensor	O
enabled	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
glove	B-General_Concept
called	O
the	O
MoCap	B-Application
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
streamed	O
into	O
software	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
,	O
Unity	B-Application
and	O
Maya	B-Language
to	O
animate	O
the	O
hand	O
of	O
a	O
virtual	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternative	O
to	O
wired	B-General_Concept
gloves	I-General_Concept
is	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
camera	O
and	O
computer	B-Application
vision	I-Application
to	O
track	B-Algorithm
the	I-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
pose	I-Algorithm
and	O
trajectory	O
of	O
the	O
hand	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
tactile	O
feedback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Minority	O
Report	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
wireless	O
gloves	B-General_Concept
to	O
control	O
futuristic	O
computer-like	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mattel	B-General_Concept
Power	I-General_Concept
Glove	I-General_Concept
was	O
prominently	O
shown	O
off	O
in	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
product	O
placement	O
film	O
The	O
Wizard	O
,	O
memorably	O
wielded	O
by	O
antagonist	O
Lucas	O
Barton	O
(	O
Jackey	O
Vinson	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
wired	B-General_Concept
glove	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
traditionally	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
research	O
and	O
engineering	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engineers	O
continue	O
to	O
develop	O
prototypes	O
that	O
use	O
innovative	O
sensor	O
technologies	O
and	O
architectures	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
major	O
barrier	O
to	O
adoption	O
of	O
datagloves	B-General_Concept
is	O
sweat	O
.	O
</s>
