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?

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• Val's Indexer glove

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

Links

Discord
Patreon
YouTube