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Thomas Zimmerman invented the prototype of the DataGlove and began looking for other people to help work on it. The device used 6502 microcontrollers. Zimmerman met Mitch Altman and asked him to join VPL part-time because Altman knew how to program the microcontrollers. [5] The system was wired to a computer.
In 1982 Thomas G. Zimmerman filed a patent (US Patent 4542291) on an optical flex sensor mounted in a glove to measure finger bending. [4] Zimmerman worked with Jaron Lanier to incorporate ultrasonic and magnetic hand position tracking technology to create the Power Glove and Data Glove, respectively (US Patent 4988981, filed 1989). [ 5 ]
Thomas Zimmerman (1838–1914) was a writer and translator. Thomas Zimmerman may also refer to: Thomas G. Zimmerman, inventor of the data glove; Thomas F. Zimmerman (1912–1991), General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God
Thomas Edison. Most of us think of Thomas Edison as an inventor and not as a businessperson. In fact, he was both. On the business front, he succeeded as a manufacturer as well as in marketing his ...
Thomas Cadwallader Zimmerman (January 23, 1838 – November 13, 1914) was a Pennsylvania German writer and translator, notable for his translations of English language classics into the Pennsylvania German dialect. He was also the editor of the Reading Times newspaper in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The Power Glove was originally released in 1989. [3] Though it was an officially licensed product, Nintendo was not involved in the design or release of the accessory. Rather, it was designed by Samuel Cooper Davis for Abrams/Gentile Entertainment (AGE), made by Mattel in the United States [3] and PAX in Japan.
Jaron Zepel Lanier (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ r ɪ n l ɪ ˈ n ɪər /, born May 3, 1960) is an American computer scientist, [1] visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music.
After Elon Musk complained about federal spending for housing migrants in what he called "luxury hotels" housing in New York City, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday four FEMA ...