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From: jsurine@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (James Surine)
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Subject: Re: Mattel Power Glove Specifications
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Date: 1 Aug 90 18:30:45 GMT
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Update:

Well I finally talked to someone at ATARI that knows something. He said
that they cannot release the information needed to get the power glove
to switch to the enhanced mode only that it exists. He also said that
a game that uses this (Power Ball or somthing, 3-D brickout) is coming
out in a couple of months.

Howard Eglowstein from Byte magazine who wrote the article reverse engineered
the power glove to get the information to write the article. He is going
to reverse engineer the "enhanced mode" when he gets a hold of that new game.
(That is if the article doesn't get canceled by the editor)

I the article about the east coast VR presentation with Leary they said they
were using a power glove. Anyone know these guys to get them to reveil
power glove secrets that they must have discovered.

The reason ATARI cannot release this info is that the technology used to
make it is not theirs and they are only licenced to use it on the Nintendo.
The people at Atari would be happy to release this info so that we
(real computer users) could use it on our computers but the people that own
the rights are not so "Worldly Minded" as ATARI.

All I have been able to figure out is that the Nintendo must signal the
Power glove to switch to the enhanced mode somehow because the different
programs don't seem to do it.

If anyone can figure it out it's our friend at BYTE so send letters to
BYTE so he doesn't get canned.

(The guy at ATARI said that the Power Glove actually has a much better
resolution than 1/4 inch at distances closer than 5 ft) 
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