What is ProtoGlove?
ProtoGlove is a simple and efficient, open source, 3D printable hardware prototyping platform for DIY Hand Motion Capture & Haptics for Virtual Reality.
What are the goals for this project:
- Provide a strong, reliable, versatile and universal system on which you can build and experiment with your own ideas
- Simplify and standardize structural components to allow you to focus on your idea
- Allow for faster prototyping, and thus faster development
- Accelerate the propagation of new and potentially better ideas in the community by not having to make a whole new glove every time a new design comes out
- Lower the barrier to entry
What we have:
- Baseplate (size 5 to 13, compliant, rigid, balanced or not, with "thumb plate" or not)
- Harness parts for 15mm nylon strap
- ESP32 mounts flat or vertical
- Basic fingertip module, with option for mounting LRAs
- "Finger guides" with or without snap-fit rails, wire-pass-through, either hot glued or stitched
- "Snap-fit" rails for mounting modules both on the baseplate and the "finger guides"
- Blank modules that you can remix to implement your own ideas
- Interchangeable and customizable controller/tracker mount
- Support for ALL controller styles
What's Missing:
- More tip module sizes
- A way to access the buttons on the ESP that are currently blocked by the ESP mount
- Add support for more micro controllers like Arduino nano
- Add placeholder modules for commonly used components (esp32, potentiometers, servos and more)
How can you build your own ProtoGlove?
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What tools you need:
- A 3D printer
- 2mm or 5/64" drill bit (for reaming holes, you can use a similarly sized screwdriver if you don't have one)
- 120/180 grit sandpaper (for flattening/scratching glued surfaces)
- (optional) heavy-duty side cutters, or a hack saw (for cutting the nails to length)
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What materials you need:
- Filament (PLA and PETG work best. 100 grams should be more than enough for 1 glove)
- superglue
- 30x2mm mild steel flat head nails (for the harness latching points, universal controller mount, indexing parts, and can be used as cheap axles for small mechanism)
- 15mm wide nylon strap (for the harness and universal controller mount)
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Assembly:
- Refere to the "PROTOGLOVE: Assembling The Glove" link down below
Videos:
PROTOGLOVE: Stronger Foundations For Better Vr Gloves
PROTOGLOVE: Choosing The Right Parts
PROTOGLOVE: 3D Printing Settings And Preset
PROTOGLOVE: Assembling The Glove
PROTOGLOVE: Universal Controller Mount
Designs that uses the ProtoGlove system
How YOU can help this project!
- you can make/provide models (see in the "what's missing list")
- you can join my discord to give suggestions and ideas and participate in the community
- you can help me write documentation (like this unfinished readme uh..)
- you can help financially by supporting me on patreon