This application displays the current state of a Nintendo/Mattel PowerGlove (tm) attached to the DSP port of a NeXTcube or NeXTstation computer. PowerGlove Inspector does not work on non-NeXT (i.e. Intel, HP or Sparc) hardware.
Glove outputs:
- x,y,z position of the glove relative to the sensor array
- orientation of the glove (roll rotation)
- "flex" of the thumb and three fingers
- state of the four direction buttons on the wrist pad
- state of the "Select", "Start", "A" and "B" buttons on the wrist pad.
This application is based on a program by Joe Freeman called PaintLab, which can be obtained via anonymous ftp from sonata.cc.purdue.edu as "/pub/next/1.0/demos/PowerGlove.tar.Z" and on the glove-list server as "nextpowerglove.tar". PaintLab is a hacked drawing program in which mouse events are replaced by glove actions. However, PaintLab only utilizes a few glove actions whereas PowerGlove Inspector examines and displays _all_ the hi-res glove inputs.
The online help includes the glove-list FAQ and instructions on how to wire up a PowerGlove to the NeXT DSP port.
Any comments, suggestions or bug reports about this application or accompanying documentation are welcome. Please contact me at:
