Wired glove

A wired glove is a type of computer input gadget that is worn on the hand like a glove.

Examples are VPL's Dataglove and the 5DT products.

Sayre glove

The Sayre glove was the first wired glove. It was invented by Daniel J. Sandin and Thomas Defanti from an idea by Richard Sayre. Both scientists were from the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Chicago. The glove used light emitters and photocells in the fingers. When flexed, the quantity of light reaching the photocell changed, translating the finger movements into electrical signals.