Re: [vrjuggler-devel] Enhanced A.R.T. DTrack driver

[Patrick H. <pa...@in...>]

Kurt Achatz wrote:
> Hello everybody,
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> I'd like to submit an enhanced version of the A.R.T. DTrack driver. Hop=
e
> it will be usefull for some people. It provides:
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> - support of the new 'Flystick2' input device, especially its (now
>   really analog) joystick,
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> - support of A.R.T. 'measurement tools',
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> - a bug fix: transmission of joystick (or hat switch) actions of
>   'Flystick1' input devices into 'Analog' values was not correct.
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> The attached patch file was created in reference to source code of
> 'vrjuggler-2.0.3-1', directory ./modules/gadgeteer/drivers/ART/DTrack/.=


Thanks for the submission! I'll look it over as soon as I can.

> Btw: we're thinking about connecting our 'Fingertracking' device to
> VRJuggler, thus driving 'Glove' objects; has there anybody already done=

> work on it, or would be interested in such a feature?

Glove support in VR Juggler is basically off right now. There are glove
devices available, but they act as either digital devices (e.g., the
Fakespace Pinch Gloves) or as analog devices (e.g., the 5DT DataGlove). W=
e
want to get proper glove and gesture support put back into VR Juggler, bu=
t
we have not had a solid opportunity to do so.

That said, adding support for the Fingertracking device would depend on w=
hat
sort of data it returns. If it is returning knuckle angular data, then it=

would probably be best as a glove or gesture device, but it could work in=
 a
reduced capacity as an analog device.

 -Patrick


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Patrick L. Hartling
VP Engineering, Infiscape Corp.
http://www.infiscape.com/