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Data Glove

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Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:39 am
A glove equipped with sensors that sense the movements of the hand and interfaces those movements with a computer. Data gloves are commonly used in virtual reality environments where the user sees an image of the data glove and can manipulate the movements of the virtual environment using the glove.

Also see haptic.