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Gaming Support Glove Mystifies, Thrills 39

Posted by simoniker from the now-prancing-down-paris-catwalks dept.
jasoncart writes "Have gaming accessories gone too far? According to a Ferrago review, the Danish company Steelpad have manufactured a gaming support glove, designed to be used with a mouse to get maximum accuracy in your favourite FPS. I wonder if it will go the way of the Power Glove?" The review says that the glove claims it "...will improve your accuracy by reducing the friction between the base of your wrist and whatever surface it comes into contact with. It will also give support to your wrist through its snug fit and the stiffness of the wrist band."
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  • Cool gear for the sweaty gamer (Score:5, Funny)

    by Txiasaeia ( 581598 ) on Monday January 19, 2004 @11:29PM (#8028660)
    Avault has a review here [avault.com]; they pretty much say that the support is useless but the glove itself is pretty sweet for keeping your sweat off the mouse and your wrist from getting rubbed to pieces by your mousepad.

    Of course, since I don't have a mousepad, the only reason I'd get one is to wear it and say, "The Steel Gaming Glove... it's so bad!" FP too!

  • I'd get one so that I could look cool.

    Yeah, you read that right. Unless you read it to mean anything other than "I think a mouse support glove would make me look cool."

  • Old Idea (Score:3, Interesting)

    by DarkZero ( 516460 ) on Monday January 19, 2004 @11:43PM (#8028742)
    Gaming gloves are actually a very old idea. Back in the NES/SNES days, several third party accessory manufacturers sold thick fingerless gloves with some kind of material on the palms to improve your grip. I think it was originally supposed to save you some hand pain while using controllers designs that had sharp edges, such as the original NES controller, but they continued through into the 16-bit era as a tool for reducing hand sweat.

    They seemed to die out around the PlayStation's debut, though, and for a reason that still mystifies me: For some reason, my hands never sweat while using the Dual Shock controller. In fact, I can't remember any of my friends having to stop and wipe their hands off on their pants during a gaming session since that time.
    • *insert comment about the state of games since the playstation came out*
    • You do on older Playstation controllers or ones that are sufficiently worn.

      I've often theorized that this is because of the finely irregular surface of the controller, allowing a small amount of airflow.

      After heavy use, the plastic wears down and becomes shiny...and voila, my hands begin to sweat during those marathon Budokai 2 or VF sessions.

      Anyone agree?

      • My roommate and I just compared his brand new controllers with old ones. This is most noticable on the analog sticks. But every surface on a new playstation controller is matted as such that my theory may have some basis.
    • Back when games were in the Arcade and not the living room, I crackily played this sit on motorcycle game called Hang-On. Hang on had real foot pegs, hand brakes, and a twist handle bar throttle, just like an actual motorcycle. We started wearing those bicycle gloves that have the fingers cut off and padded palms because we were getting blisters and a sore hand from playing so much.

      If you were Hang-On addict, we could finish the course every time. That game ruled.
  • ...with the middle and index fingers cut off and the metal reinforcing apparently removed.

    Man, I was expecting something cool with sensors or fluid filled bladders or teflon wrist guards, or at least something powered by a battery or plugs into your computer's USB port... not a hunk of velcro and elastic :/

    If it had a built in heating element to keep your fingers warm then is might be mildly interesting!

    Man, I feel cheated and I didn't even buy one!
    =Smidge=

  • Carpal Tunnel (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Karplusan ( 731780 )
    I think it could be one of the best inventions if it will help prevent teenagers from getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in their 20's. Otherwise, they may be using one of these [ergoboard.com]. Though they don't look too bad, I wonder what it would do to your FPS performance?
    • ...prevent teenagers from getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in their 20's.

      Those are some mighty old teenagers. :)
    • This [microsoft.com] and this [microsoft.com] are more or less the interface I've been using for the last 3 years (I've been using the keyboard longer, but a different trackball before I found that one).

      I generally find that I can't use a mouse (instead of a trackball) or a straight keyboard for more than a couple of hours without having problems with carpal tunnel/RSI, but I can use these almost indefinitely without a problem. As both a gamer and a programmer I can sometimes find myself in front of a monitor using a keyboard + mouse for

  • This is a problem with mice (Score:3, Insightful)

    by HoneyBunchesOfGoats ( 619017 ) on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @12:19AM (#8028907)
    The problem, I think, is with current computer mice, not with our hands. I used to own a Logitech Mouseman Wheel (or something similarly named) which was about 6 inches long, so I could rest my entire hand on it. I guess mouse makers decided that looked ugly or something, so we're seeing mice that look a lot cooler, but aren't nearly as comfortable on the hands. (My last 2 mice have both been under 4 inches long.) Perhaps it's time to search ebay...
    • Most people want a mouse they can grab. It's like they're afraid it's going to fly out of their hand and through a window or something. They want a mouse that's small enough that they can hold it with their fingers, not with their palms. I'm pretty confident it's ergonomically a very poor design, but it's what people want and so it's what people get.

      FPS gaming is popular enough nowadays that there are a wide variety of "specialty mice." Hopefully this means we'll eventually be able to find decent mice

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  • You know what might be sweet? (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    A glove with reference points that used a web cam to compute hand-gestures which could then be animated in game.

    I know stuff like that exists at least at the undergrad project level. But for squad based games especially that would be pretty tight.
  • I thought the Power Glove PC modification was pretty cool....I was surprised at the number of retail PC games that would actually work with it.
  • I thought for sure some one would have made a masterbation joke by now.

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