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Enclosed you will find a program called hand.exe. This is a
3D representation of a hand ( simple wireframe ) which can be controlled
by the Power Glove connected to the parallel port of an IBM PC.
The program requires a fast! machine and a VGA video card.
To execute the program, simply run it. You will be prompted to
exercise your glove and press a key to start. It is very important that
you exercise your glove in order to refresh the value going to the PC.
Once a key is pressed, the hand on the screen will react to the Power
Glove. If you make a fist, the hand will make a fist. If you roll your
hand from horizontal to vertical, the hand will respond. If the
indicator lights are not flashing, exercise the glove a little and press
center. The virtual hand will not respond until the glove is sending
data.
The Roll of the Power Glove is not as good as hoped. If you keep your
hand in a 45 degree position between horizontal and vertical, the
virtual hand may! switch back and forth between the two states. Therefore,
try to keep your hand in either horizontal or vertical position. Notice
that in the vertical position, we are all set for a pong game or handball!
There is a plane at the bottom of the screen. This plane has been created
for your destruction. Have Fun!!
To stop the program, press the A key on the glove and then press any key on
the keyboard.
If you have any! problems or questions, I can be contacted at
gradecki@rodeo.uwyo.edu, or post to the glove list.
NOTES:
The faster the machine the better. The program tries to achieve
real-time representation of the motions that you make. There are limits.
If you go outside the reception area of the glove, or if there is
excessive noise, the hand can become lost or the center will move.
You can break the video screen if there is a numerical overflow. You will
get an overflow, simply run the program again.
The program is not perfect. I have only spent a week ( during slow times
during the day ) working on this program. I am releasing it now because
there is NOTHING else out there for the Power Glove and those people who
have one.
Being that one of my areas is networking, I will have a graphical
virtual handshake in a week or two. After which is virtual world
manipulation. You will be able to pick objects up and move them using
the Power Glove.
Please do not complain about the response or graphics unless you intend
on releasing something better.
And as usual, I nor, VRing Software Development, take any!
responsibility for anything done to yourself or your systems because of this
program. By executing this software, you take all the responsibilities and
agree not to hold myself or VRing Software Development responsible for
anything.
SOURCE:
After some thinking, I am releasing the source to thehand. Because the
system is in its very!! early stages, there is no documentation on the
code. Use it as you see fit. If by any chance you would like to
support my efforts, donation are excepted:
Joseph D. Gradecki
2112 Hancock Street #205
Laramie, Wyoming 82070
Notice that you will need D. Stampe and others, wonderful glove
interface code found at karazm as well as other places: glove.h and
glove.obj