5DT Data Glove basics

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5DT Data Glove basics

Adding hand movements to your Vizard world involves getting sensor data from a 5DT data glove. Simply include a few lines of code to add the device.

PORT_5DT_USB = 0
sensor = viz.add('5dt.dls')

You can also add objects, for example a 3D hand, and map the glove's data.

import hand
h = hand.add(sensor)
h.setEuler(0,-90,0)

Finally, you can attach objects and update their positioning to be the same based on the glove's finger tip range.

tips = []
S = 0.01
for x in range(5):
    tips.append( viz.add('white_ball.wrl',scale=(S,S,S),color=viz.BLUE) )

def UpdateFingerTips():
    for x,tip in enumerate(tips):
        mat = h.getFingerTip(x)
        tip.setPosition(mat.getPosition())
        tip.setQuat(mat.getQuat())

vizact.ontimer(0,UpdateFingerTips)

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