akk@relay.EU.net (Andy Klingler) (09/28/90)
Distribution: world In article <37593@ut-emx.uucp> greg@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes: >VPL (the makers of the Data Glove) sued Mattel for the rights of the Power >Glove (which IMNSHO is crap, since the Data Glove is fiberoptic and the >Power Glove works on a tension-sensitive variable resistance principle -- >it appears that Apple's lawyers are moonlighting. :-) ) Ups. In the TV-Show they said Mattel had licensed the Power Glove from VPL. >Anyway, VPL is supposed to be releasing a version of the Power Glove made >to connect to an RS232 serial port. This is also supposed to use the "secret" >high resoilution mode of the Power Glove (the one the guy from BYTE promised). A version of ther own glove or Mattel's? >Anyway, the price is rumored to be $200. (This isn't bad since VPL's prices >are usually in the multi-thousand-dollar range. Hey! Maybe these guys >_ARE_ Apple! :-) :-) ) Hm. Must be Mattel's. >Anyway, since this isn't really Amiga material, I've changed the Followup-To >line to sci.virtual-worlds, which commonly contains threads about VPL, >the Power Glove, etc. (BTW, this is a great group for VR junkies! -- >Check it out!) Oh boy. Another group to read ;-). But thanks for the hint. (Please give me some days to reconfigure my newsfeed) Andy -- Andreas Klingler akk@trantor.informatik.uni-erlangen.de A business is no business until you have shown the revenue office it was no business