P5 Gaming Glove Making Progress

One of the neatest things we saw at Macworld Expo NY 2001 and reported on was the P5 gaming glove from Essential Reality. They have just announced a software development kit for the glove. From Al Abrams,

    "P5 provides the computer gamer with an ergonomically designed glove-like device, which controls the fast action in 3D game software through diverse hand gestures. Pull your trigger finger in 3D space and the on-screen gun shoots in real time. Flick your fingers away and a game character is thrown against the wall. Lift your palm and an animated helicopter slowly rises into the air. P5 uses the latest in Essential Reality’s proprietary bend sensor and tracking technologies to enable full interaction with a 3D environment. Fully USB compliant, P5 will be compatible with Macs (including Mac OS X), PCs, and next-generation gaming systems, including PS2 and Xbox."

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