LtWV Wrist Vmote Lightglove is one funky input device

We've seen so many gimmicky input devices -- keyboards, mice, tilt-a-mice, the like -- that we almost dismissed this little gem at first glance. The LtWV Wrist Vmote Lightglove is based on your wrist moment, but not in a vague waving-around sense. Instead, the device uses light to scan your palm and sense wrist, hand and finger motion to simulate cursor movement and key presses accordingly. The goal is to act as an input device for computers, PDAs, phones, video games, TV and pretty much anything else that can benefit from such input. Lightglove integrates with an onscreen keyboard for "hunt and peck" and touch typing, and should be a help to those suffering from carpal tunnel or other hand challenges. Of course, if done wrong the system could be much more annoying than helpful, but it's been in development for about seven years, and just received a CES Innovations 2008 award, so hopefully it's the real deal and we can finally rid ourselves of these last century peripheral conceptions.

[Via Mobilewhack]

[RuinedSucks @ Dec 7th 2007 10:43AM]

I love it. It's so bad.

[Nick-o-las @ Dec 7th 2007 11:25AM]

I would live to see a reform of the way we use computers, this looks like it might make the cut.

[Shane @ Dec 7th 2007 11:49AM]

Minority report, anyone?

[Andrew @ Dec 7th 2007 11:54AM]

I think this is neat too, I realize the limitations of a mouse controlled cursor...and yet I have some doubts about the abilities of a mitten to revolutionize modern computing.

[ratnikh @ Dec 8th 2007 12:43AM]

it's not a mitten... read the link. You wear it around your wrist.

[virtualtech @ Dec 9th 2007 3:46PM]

ratnikh>> Thanks for pointing out it's not a mitten. We specifically put wrist in there so people would know it's worn on the wrist. As my uncle says, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
Nick-o-las>> We filed our first patent ten years ago and have been trying to get support ever since. Competitors want to kill the idea or at least discredit it and others just don't get it. Glad we hung in there and you will witness the big change.
The good news is that the people at The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (CNBC) get it and are doing a story. Those who said it will never amount to anything may wish they had been more supportive.