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From: escher@Apple.COM (Michael Crawford)
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Subject: Re: data glove touch sensors
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Date: 12 Apr 90 22:15:24 GMT
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In article <2833@milton.acs.washington.edu> Chris Shaw writes:
>
>It used to be that the DataGlove had touch sources on its fingertips, but
>no longer. Apparently they didn't work too well. Everything felt like sandpaper
>or something. The DataGlove command set still pretends to support this
>feature, but sending the command is a no-op.
>

It would be simple to put heating elements in the gloves to give temperature
feedback.  Thermo-electric devices (bi-metal strips) of the sort they use to
cool submarines would provide cold as well.  Then you could have a virtual
snowball fight and warm your hands over the fire afterwards.

>-- 
>Chris Shaw     University of Alberta
>cdshaw@cs.UAlberta.ca           Now with new, minty Internet flavour!
>CatchPhrase: Bogus as HELL !


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