Important Message

You are browsing the archived Lancers Reactor forums. You cannot register or login.
The content may be outdated and links may not be functional.


To get the latest in Freelancer news, mods, modding and downloads, go to
The-Starport

A new idea-The Gaming Glove

This is where you can discuss your homework, family, just about anything, make strange sounds and otherwise discuss things which are really not related to the Lancer-series. Yes that means you can discuss other games.

Post Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:46 pm

A new idea-The Gaming Glove

I came up with this idea after watching the movie 'Minority Report' 3 or so times.
This device/hardware compnent, whatever you want to call it, is designed to replace the mouse as the primary movement control.

The base design is basically a ball-type wheel mouse that has been ripped apart and restructured.

The main bulk of the mouse circutry is held in place on the plam of your hand, covered by a comforatable plastic dome to prevent static destruction. The three buttons on the mouse are represented by metallic pads attached by extendabe bars to the main circutry, the 'ball' is inside a casing with the two movement wheels custom fitted to suit, the case has a hole in it to allow the thumb to control movement.
the index and fourth finger are covered by metallic pads that contact with each mouse-button pad underneath, allowing little-effort 'pushing' of the respective buttons.
The wheel is atteched to the middle bar, depending on the structure of the mouse, the wheel may be an actual 'wheel' with a seperat pad for itself, or a set of traingular pads.

The glove has a 'passive' and 'active' modes.
In 'passive' the buttons a ball are folded under the palm, and you need to curl your fingers around to hit them.
In 'active' the pads and button are extended right out under the fingers and thumb, to allow quick response in fast games.

The circutry, as i have already said is underneath the palm, with the pads and ball radiating out, three wire come out from the frond and loop between the fingers up to a relay on the top, which supplies the wires for the finger-pads.
The relay is held in place by three metal wires that radiate out and rejoin underneath on the curcuitry casing.
One geos through the space between the index finger and thumb, the other loop aroud on the upper left and lower left sides of the hand.
The final suppor mechanism is a velcro strap, supported from the upper and lower, that wraps around the wrist.

Data intefacing is done via a cable running along the underside of the arm, attached loosely at the elbow, before looping around and plugging into the computer.

Let me know what you think...

Post Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:58 pm

* Head spins from trying to imagine glove *

Ummm, could you do a sketch and scan it. Trying to imagine this "glove" is giving me a headache

----------------------------------------
"There's no such thing as miracles or the supernatural, only cutting-edge technology" - Ocelot
----------------------------------------

Post Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:40 pm

I think I've seen something like that, but it's more of a grip.

Life: No one gets out alive.

Post Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:55 pm

Here's a sketch, im a pretty cr*p drawer, but this should give you the general idea:

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:47 am

strange lookin feller aint he?

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 1:09 am

i think i'll stick to conventional means thank you

arania, are you talking about having the ball underneath your palm and you move your palm around and the ball rolls to make the pointer move on the screen ?

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 3:56 am

There has been a glove made... A couple of years ago or so and it looked more like a normal glove It was reviewed in money pit in PCGamer and didn't score very highly

My gap year in Borneo

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 4:03 am

It's not new at all...click here

Point taken, kim

Edited by - Fear Factor on 2/14/2004 5:34:34 AM

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 5:13 am

for a second i thought you were clicking the thread lol

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 8:24 am

Thanks FF. I thought I'd seen something about it before.

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:40 am

That glove looks like the G'hould glove from SG-1.

I'm making record time!
If only I had someplace to be...

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:58 am


That glove looks like the G'hould glove from SG-1.


You been drinking too much?

ok, it has some resemblence, but after that...

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:01 am

Could you imagine using it for FL? Turn your hand the wrong way and crash into a planet Heeheehhee

Finalday

Until that final day. /Keith Green\ (1953-1983)

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:33 am

Yeah, it was just that little bit on the palm of the hand. I didn't really look very closely...

I'm making record time!
If only I had someplace to be...

Post Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:31 pm

Okay - time for real obsure film reference.

In about 1988 or so, there was a film called "The Wizard" - which was about a family that were broke, and their strange sun. Family bust up etc, and the kid was great at video games (he tried once and got amazing scores). So - his friendds entered him into this contest without telling the family, and then went on a mini "road trip" to get there. Along the way was this really funny kid (80's cool) who had the Power Glove - which was just that thingy you saw there. For kids - its an okay entertaining film - but i bet its aged badly..........lol

Had Christian Slater in it if i remember right - and one of the goonies perhaps? Cannot remember - but it did feature Sonic the Hedgehog as the game on the competition

Return to Off Topic