// 2024-02-08 // by Elder0010
Virtual reality controller based on the Power Glove
Release date: 25/05/2016
Credits:
Power Glove Ultra is an hacking experiment done in 2016 for a virtual reality controller based on the NES Power Glove© using the open source platform Arduino. The original Power Glove (1989) was extremely cool but it did not make it as expected due to technological limitations of the period. It was very imprecise, it required ultrasonic sensors fixed to the TV in order to work and it was wired. Moreover, few games were released and the platform got mostly forgotten by the industry over a short time. However, the Power Glove retained his role in cyberculture and movies, so that his iconic imagery survived until now. The Power Glove Ultra project aims to give dignity to the original hardware, bringing it into the future by making it possible for it to send 360 degrees arm position data, track the finger movements, and adds compatibility with modern platforms without wires and extra hardware.
The Power Glove ultra features:
For more info visit the project website.