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- Abrams/Gentile Entertainment in NYC invented the PowerGlove (Mattel
- manufactures it). Due to almost immediate demand, they also
- made a box that puts the glove into "raw data" mode, and sends
- a data stream through the serial (rs232) port of any computer.
-
- I just called them. They are _sold out_ of the boxes, and don't
- expect any in for over one month! I'll call back in a couple
- of weeks, and see if there's a more firm estimate.
-
- If you're interested in getting one -- I think they sold for
- about $200.00, but I could be wrong -- try sending a SnailNet
- communique to:
-
- Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, Inc.
- 244 West 54th Street, 9th Floor
- New York, NY, 10019
- (212) 757-0700
-
- Aside from selling the box, they also have a "cooperative education"
- program, through which several academic institutions have received
- VR equipment. You might want to ask about that, if your standing
- in your academic institution warrants it.
-
- VPL in California also sells the boxes, but it's through AGE - so
- they probably don't have any either. No one else markets them,
- that I'm aware of.
-
- A note on AGE: they are mostly a R&D firm: toys, movies, etc.
- (remember the movie "BIG"???). So, don't expect like a big
- marketing portfolio. They sell the box direct so as to keep
- control over who gets it and what use it's put to, is my guess
- (also, it's not intended as a big consumer item).
-
- Sorry I don't have more details. Remember that you can check out
- last year's BYTE magazine, if you're into starting from scratch
- w/ the PowerGlove.
-
- Oh, by the way: So far no one has come through with any source
- code, Iris specific or otherwise. The two main issues are probably:
- 1. Writing the stuff isn't really all that complicated,
- as box's data is only 9 bytes
- 2. Not too many folks have the box
-
- -- Greg Newby
-