ashpika40 / somatic

Open-hardware data glove

Somatic

The Somatic is a wearable keyboard and mouse. It translates hand signs and motions into action, like the somatic component of a spell in Dungeons and Dragons.

See the project in action at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raRftH9yxM!

This project is defunct!! The EM7180SFP is no longer in production, and I can't put any more effort into this project to design around it. Consider this a starting point only!

The Somatic project's priorities are:

• Control any wearable computer with a heads-up display
• Ready to use all day, instantly, with no Internet
• Doesn't cause fatigue or interfere with other tasks
• Fast enough to do a quick search in less than 10 seconds

The Somatic does not:

• Reproduce your hand in 3-D space
• Let you type on a virtual keyboard
• Use any cloud services at all

The project is still in a pretty rough state. If I revisit the project, the priorities are:

• Lay out and fab circuit board
• Make case smaller
• Replace on/off Hall sensors with continuous sensors

The Somatic project is MIT licensed, copyright 2019 Zack Freedman and Voidstar Lab.