VR Glove

 

MY MIXED REALITY LAB

 

INTRODUCTION

Developing effective Mixed Reality applications presupposes that some basic hardare is available. In this section is presented hardware which has been used in the research conducted the last three years. The equipment I use is quite simple and cost-effective.

I have to mention that when I started my research, I had no hardware at all - apart from my PC. My equipment becomes larger and larger as time passes by, depending on what my interests are. Most of the hardware has been bought for the applications I had to develop for my Diploma Thesis in July 2007.

 

INTRODUCTION

HARDWARE

SOFTWARE

 

A BASIC MIXED REALITY LAB

A basic Mixed Reality and Virtual Reality lab - like mine - should have (except for standard input devices such as keyboard, mouse and basic output devices such as monitor, speakers) at least:

a Head Mounted Display for viewing the virtual space

a wired glove for interacting, in ways that we determine while designing the VR space, with virtual objects

a (stereo) headphone for hearing the virtual space

a motion-capture device for defining our position in the virtual space

These devices, naturally, can be from quite expensive to quite affordable - especially nowadays. It is characteristic that a few years ago, such devices could be found only in universities, research centers e.t.c. However, nowadays many of them can be bought even for video gaming purposes.

 

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HARDWARE

 

my HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY

Z800 3D VISOR

 

 

my VIRTUAL REALITY WIRED GLOVE

P5 GLOVE (discontinued) for wiki forum see here

 

my HEAD TRACKER

TrackIR 4

 

 

 

OTHER CONVENTIONAL HARDWARE

 

my DEVICES FOR CAPTURE AND INTERACTION

 

 

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SOFTWARE

 

A quite extensive list of software has been used in order to develop the various applications and experiments. The main software will be added here soon.

 

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