CyberGlove The CyberGlove is a low-profile, lightweight glove with flexible sensors which accurately and repeatably measure the position and movement of the fingers and wrist. The award-winning design uses the latest in high-precision joint-sensing technology and is state-of-the-art in instrumented gloves. The CyberGlove is available in two models and for either hand. The 18-sensor model features two bend sensors on each finger, four abduction sensors, plus sensors measuring thumb crossover, palm arch, wrist flexion and wrist abduction. The 22-sensor model adds sensors to measure the flexion of the distal joints on the four fingers. The CyberGlove features Virtual Technologies' patented resistive bend-sensing technology that is linear and robust. The sensors are extremely thin and flexible and produce almost undetectable resistance to bending. Since the sensors exhibit low sensitivity to their positioning over finger joints and to the joints' radii of curvature, each CyberGlove provides high quality measurements for a wide range of hand sizes, and ensures repeatability between wearings. Calibrations typically need not be updated, even after months of use. The CyberGlove is constructed with stretch fabric for comfort and a mesh palm for ventilation. The 18-sensor CyberGlove includes open fingertips, which allow the user to type, write and grasp objects while wearing the glove. The basic CyberGlove system includes one CyberGlove, its instrumentation unit, a serial cable to connect to your host computer, and an executable version of our VirtualHand graphic hand model display and calibration software. Many applications require measurement of the position and orientation of the forearm in space. To accomplish this, mounting provisions for Polhemus and Ascension 6DOF (six degrees-of-freedom) tracking sensors are available for the glove wristband. Tracking sensors are not included in the basic CyberGlove system, but are available as an option from Virtual Technologies and are supported in the VirtualHand software. The CyberGlove has a software programmable switch and LED on the wristband to permit the system software developer to provide the CyberGlove wearer with additional input/output capability. The instrumentation unit provides a variety of convenient functions and features including time-stamp, CyberGlove status, external sampling synchronization and analog sensor outputs. Applications: virtual reality, telerobotics, task training, medicine, CAD, sign language recognition, video games, graphical character animation, music generation, hand-function analysis, and many others. Email us for pricing Specifications Sensor Linearity: 0.62% maximum nonlinearity over full range of hand motion. Sensor Resolution: 0.5 degrees; remains constant over the entire range of joint motion. Repeatability Between Glove Wearings: Standard deviation of typically 1 degree. Off-Axis Bending: Sensors respond primarily to bend about the single desired sensor axis. Interface: RS-232 with selectable baud rates up to 115.2 kbaud. Analog output also provided. Update Rate: Up to 112 records/sec when filtered (18 sensor records). Up to 149 records/sec when unfiltered. Preset sample period or polled I/O. (Higher rates possible when fewer sensors are enabled). Physical Characteristics Item Dimensions Weight CyberGlove One size fits most 3.0 oz Instrumentation Unit 10.00" x 6.25" x 2.75" 27.0 oz Power Supply (USA) 4.36" x 3.10" x 2.28" 2.5 lb Power Supply (Europe) 6.30" x 3.82" x 2.66" 3.5 lb Power Requirements Model # Prongs Volts Frequency Power USA 3 120V 60Hz 2.5W Europe 2 220V 50Hz 2.5W CyberGlove Pictures 18-Sensor CyberGlove and Instrumentation Unit. (79kb) Pair of 18-Sensor CyberGloves. (126kb) CyberTouch The company's newest product, CyberTouch, consists of a tactile feedback option for the 18-sensor CyberGlove instrumented glove. It was recently nominated by CyberEdge Journal as a finalist for it's Product of the Year award in the hardware category. CyberTouch (138kb) features small vibrotactile stimulators on each finger and the palm of the CyberGlove. Each stimulator can be individually programmed to vary the strength of touch sensation. The array of stimulators can generate simple sensations such as pulses or sustained vibration, and they can be used in combination to produce complex tactile feedback patterns. Software developers can design their own actuation profile to achieve the desired tactile sensation, including the perception of touching a solid object in a simulated virtual world. The CyberTouch tactile feedback option is essential to anyone serious about using their hands to interact with objects in a virtual world. Finally, there is a product that lets you feel a virtual object and know it is in your hand without having to look. Email us for pricing GesturePlus GesturePlus is an easy-to-use gesture recognition system which uses joint measurements from a Virtual Technologies CyberGlove instrumented glove to recognize user-defined hand formations. During a simple training procedure, the GesturePlus system learns to associate the user's hand formations with the output symbols of the user's choice. GesturePlus allows the user to define large customized gesture vocabularies for his/her applications, such as the 26 hand formations needed for the American fingerspelling alphabet. After training, the system is ready to use, outputting the recognized symbol whenever the user makes the corresponding hand formation. GesturePlus interfaces as a hardware device connected to a host computer via an RS-232 serial port. The GesturePlus system (159kb) performs all the CPU-intensive calculations needed for its state-of-the-art gesture recognition algorithm, freeing up the host computer to manage a virtual reality (VR) application (136kb) or analyze data. The interface to GesturePlus is a set of simple commands which are executed by the user's application to initialize and run the recognition. GesturePlus also allows applications to retrieve the raw joint angles from a CyberGlove while recognizing gestures, so a graphical hand model can be displayed simultaneously. GesturePlus provides hand-based control input for applications in such diverse areas as virtual reality, computer operating systems, task training, music generation, telerobotics and sign language recognition. Email us for pricing Specifications Maximum number of gestures 254 Error Rate, Typical (100 training samples/gesture; 26 gestures) 1% Host communication RS-232 serial Maximum Data rate 115.2 kbaud Maximum recognition rate 138 gestures/sec Maximum additional sensor latency (18 sensor glove, not including transmission delay to host) 1.8 msec Height 13" (33.0 cm) Width 7" (17.8 cm) Depth 16" (40.6 cm) Weight 18 lb (8.2 kg)   VirtualHand® Toolkit The VirtualHand® software utilizes the CyberGlove joint sensor data to calculate and display a graphical hand (52kb) on a computer screen which accurately reproduces the movements of the actual hand and fingers. It includes both a high-resolution, 2500 polygon Gouraud-shaded hand model and a lower resolution, 325 polygon hand model. An executable copy is included in the basic CyberGlove system. An object code library is available for Silicon Graphics workstations as a developer's option. The VirtualHand Toolkit will save the application programmer months of precious development time by providing a set of important CyberGlove hand model calculation, display, calibration, data acquisition and 3D tracking "C" functions. Email us for pricing     CyberToolkit for DOS The CyberToolkit for DOS consists of driver source code for the CyberGlove . It makes it easy to get a DOS application running quickly. The toolkit provides DOS serial port routines and a concise functional interface to the following CyberGlove features: polling, streaming, sensor masking, switch control, time stamping and data filtering. The sensor data is returned in raw byte format. The toolkit comes with complete "C" source code plus two example programs but does not include joint angle mapping or graphical hand modeling features. Email us for pricing   Optional 3D Tracking Hardware   The 3D tracking devices described below provide the CyberGlove with absolute x, y, z, yaw, pitch, roll position and orientation information. The listed prices are for a complete tracking system including one transmitter, one receiver, a system electronics unit (with RS-232 serial port), a power supply and a serial cable. Polhemus ISOTRAK® II Up to two receivers may be used simultaneously. Includes one receiver. Email us for pricing Specifications Static accuracy @ 30" 0.1" RMS, 0.75deg RMS Data latency 20ms (unfiltered) Sensor update rate 1 receiver: 60Hz 2 receivers: 30Hz Transmitter range: 60" Polhemus FASTRAK® Up to four receivers may be used per electronic unit and up to four electronic units may be used simultaneously. Possible multi-receiver use: two CyberGloves plus a head-mounted display. Includes one receiver. Email us for pricing Specifications Static accuracy @ 30" 0.03" RMS, 0.15deg RMS Data latency 4ms (unfiltered) Sensor update rate 1 receiver: 120Hz Transmitter range: 10ft NOTE: Transmitter range can be increased to 30ft with the optional Long Ranger transmittter at an added cost of $3000 U.S. Polhemus Receivers Additional receivers for the ISOTRAK® II and FASTRAK®. Email us for pricing   Ascension Flock Up to 20 receivers may be used simultaneously. Can operate in many metallic environments. Possible multi-receiver use: two CyberGloves plus a head-mounted display. Includes one receiver. Specifications Static accuracy @ 36" 0.10" RMS Data latency N/A Sensor update rate 144Hz for any # of receivers Transmitter range: 3ft NOTE: Transmitter range can be increased to 15ft with Extended Range transmitter at an added cost Email us for pricing Ascension Receivers Additional receivers for the Ascension Flock. Includes receiver unit, electronics unit and power supply. 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