• Comfort: The users hand(s) and arm(s) are in their natural resting position. 

• Durability: Manufactured using 3D printer technology comprised of ABS  plastic to provide maximum impact tolerance, comfort, and customization. 

• One-size-fits-all: One controller set may be used by a variety of user hand sizes.

• Long Life: Buttons are specified at over 2 million cycles and provide a tactile "click" feedback Buttons project slightly above surface for easy location.

• Hygienic: SpaceGrips non-porous surface can be easily cleaned with a damp cloth and mild cleanser.

• Large Internal Cavity: The housing was designed to easily accommodate all of the industry’s leading position transducers, with the possibility of adding multiple transducers.
  
  
• Cost effective: Your initial investment is much less than other input devices.  SpaceGrips do not need to be replaced every few hundred hours of use, saving thousands of dollars in the future.  

Wireless Features

• Long Range Operating: range limited only by the tracking system.  Can easily achieve more than several hundred feet.

• Increased Battery Life: Tracker and wireless communications module share common battery, which is ~3x improvement over stock tracker.

• No interference: Tracker and RF module operate at non-interfering frequencies.

• No down-time: SpaceGrips can be operated and charged while continuing to work using the supplied corded charger.

• User replaceable batteries: Rechargeable LiOn batteries can be replaced by user at the end of their life.

  Cabled Features

• USB Operability: Communication to the host computer is serial (to accommodate legacy customers); a common and inexpensive (~$15) Serial-to-USB adapter is all that is need for USB connectivity.

• Compact and Efficient: SpaceGrips Interface Box is less than 3.75" x 2.5" x 1" and uses small mini-DIN connectors. The electronics draw less than 10mA.  Hand controllers are hollow and therefore lightweight.

• Backward Compatibility: Glove Emulation mode can make SpaceGrips appear to your existing application like a pair of PinchGloves™. The four primary contacts, index finger through pinkie are passed to the host computer (see Protocol Definition for details). SpaceGrips have been verified with VRCO’s TrackD, Digital Artforms SmartScene and InDex, as well as others.

• Programmability: Microprocessor based interface can be reprogrammed with future enhancements and provide logging of events for later analysis.