What is the Zerkin Glove?

A low-cost, motion and position capturing, data glove for 3D interaction with virtual objects in augmented reality (AR) environments.

What do you mean, really?
The Zerkin Glove, is the most intuitive input device using natural hand gestures – like you’ve only seen in sci-fi movies – with a consumer friendly price.
The glove enables accurate 1-to-1 tracking of one’s entire arm – from shoulder to knuckles – without external reference infrastructure (such as cameras, sensors, scanners) allowing intuitive interaction with virtual objects in augmented reality environments such as games, education, 3D design, training, healthcare and more.

Why is it important?
Augmented reality applications, which promise to change the way people interact with the world, have been largely focused on augmenting one’s field of view with additional information. The Zerkin glove is the missing element for enhancing the interaction in any handsfree mobile AR application.

How does it work?
Thanks to the use of inexpensive off-the-shelf components such as flex sensors, gyros, accelerometer, and compass headings, the glove precisely tracks the slightest gestures in the augmented reality space. Based on a proprietary patent-pending method. The graphics are overlaid relative to fiducial markers using AR tracking software. A pair of see-through AR glasses complements the experience as display for a first person perspective.

What’s in the demo?
The demo includes a person wearing the Zerkin Glove and AR glasses, demonstrating various interactions in an augmented reality environment: moving windowed content about freely in space, picking up virtual objects and placing them into containers, and drawing & manipulating basic 3D models – overlaid on reality.

To whet your appetite, here is a video of an earlier prototype.

What are we looking for?
Developers, investors, friends and fans.

Wait, is it really low cost?
The current prototype was built for less than $300.

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