
Chapter 7
Manual motor interfaces
Philippe Fuchs
Contributor: Hervé Mathieu
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.1.1 Location sensor and dataglove
This chapter deals with motor interfaces that are specifically dedicated to the hand.
In the real world, grasping an object by hand is a phenomenon that brings into play,
even if subconsciously, complex processes at the sensorimotor and cognitive levels. The
motor interface that seems to be the most suitable, in theory, is the dataglove which
can measure hand and finger movements. A lot of designers have used the dataglove
as a tool to handle virtual objects without much thought. Handling is one of the four
categories of “Virtual ...