Making DIY VR Gloves For Less Than 50$!

[@TheMysticle]

Can I just say a huge thank you to everyone on the LucidVR Discord server, they were incredibly helpful and patient even when I made stupid mistakes. You guys are doing incredible work making incredible tech available to the people! Keep it going ❤️

[@ayy6dee]

wait can I make these for myself? I got a quest 2 a while ago

[@kurakumi8826]

@@ayy6dee yes, the resources were released. The links are in the videos description

[@kurakumi8826]

❤️

[@soykike1991]

I have not looked at the schematics, but those potentiometers are extremely big, you can get smaller ones might help on the overall size of the product

[@justintimefordinner4902]

No problem dude, you did great!

[@LucasVRTech]

Nice job! Thanks for being my beta tester :)

[@EvroCraft]

:o its the man himself!

[@Datttsnake]

Hey Lucas do you plan on replacing the pots with a hall Sensor. It would decrease size, and complexity, and would make it more reliable.

[@finallyfunctional]

Nice job with this project Lucas!

[@LucasVRTech]

@@finallyfunctional Thank you!

[@NoGory]

:o

[@BrunoRataque]

Great content. Thanks for showing that to us. It's so nice to be able to see foundation of the future of VR being build.

[@kkaka4446]

Breno de Ataque :O

[@Adamis9876]

*built

[@emanuel3617]

What you doing here Bro!? :0 Lol but yeah you're right

[@johnyburro]

O protótipo original é de um brasileiro!!

[@jesseschmidt9521]

No kidding, especially just with home made stuff, i cant wait to see what companies do

[@brettcameratraveler]

DIYers like Lucas are some of the best things about this period of VRs evolution. Would love more videos like these.

[@Ghost-wc4yt]

Check out Lucas VRtech, he made these gloves and makes new prototypes every often.

[@brettcameratraveler]

@@Ghost-wc4yt Yep. Those are the gloves in this video. There have been many other DIYer over the years to check out for inspiration as well.

[@danshakulawrence983]

*VR Companies:* We're developing haptic gloves but it's not our top priority and they're not open to consumers. *Lucas, fitting on VR glove:* Fine, I'll do it myself.

[@lIlIlIlI-gs2qx]

VR companies will soon release c001 looking gaming gloves that's about $300 per glove. But worse than Lucas.

[@porogonlovespokemon1648]

@@lIlIlIlI-gs2qx $300, I rather use LucasGloves.

[@varion3459]

@@lIlIlIlI-gs2qx Prolly finna put them behind a subscription wall

[@idemanddonuts]

I actually like the fact that your pretty much doing this on your bed.

[@lewisveasey1674]

That's where the magic happens.

[@matthewhoey3058]

i do the same lol, a bed works great as a large desk, put a bit of plywood on it and yer set

[@lucas_e3094]

i feel like this could be what vr needed for vr gloves becous i feel like people are going to upgrade and improve this desing

[@gabrieldesouza1047]

Are you like 3 years old? Your spelling is so bad.

[@pillowcaseee]

@@gabrieldesouza1047 Or they’re foreign.

[@KiyaNene]

VR Gloves will most likely become mainstream within 2-5 years. (As in companies selling decent ones for $150 or less)

[@lucas_e3094]

@@pillowcaseee jup and dislextia hahah

[@rottenchickennugget9005]

@@gabrieldesouza1047On sword was misspelled, if you are going to criticize a random internet person at least criticize them for the right thing. The issue in their comment was grammar, not spelling.

[@volkenflamer]

there are two groups of people in vr community 1. those that are just buying headsets for 200$ 2. guys (including me) that will just build it themselves

[@dalodrin1346]

Projects like these make me want to dedicate time to building some of my vr ideas. Ever since I got my headset I've been hooked on this hobby and watching the glove be put together has given me a newfound desire to create. Thank you mysticle ill be putting one together soon I enjoyed the tutorial!!!

[@mrbeeznz5196]

This is really good for people like me who are in countries who cant get index products and want finger tracking, now we have an affordable way to track fingers. I cant wait till this gets into later development stages

[@jonandrews9823]

These look like Alyx's gloves haha. Awesome

[@landonozzi2303]

It would make the game that much real imagine

[@TheSirduckington]

Next glove update Grabbing stuff from far away

[@floppademon1506]

Ah yes, the Russells

[@spenmao]

For $50 Only! Step 1: Pull out your $200+ 3D printer! In all seriousness though, this is honestly super handy video and im very glad you made it

[@racheycar]

I had the same thought lol. Hopefully I can find one to use :]

[@renhaker]

I really hate channels that do that but this is an exception

[@Kevin-fn5tk]

@@racheycar you can order 3d prints online

[@RM_VFX]

A 3d printer is a tool worth having if you're interested in making, and getting cheaper every day. No different than assuming everyone has power tools or soldering gear...and it's a lot cheaper than paying to have all the parts machined which is kind of the only other option if you want to keep this compact and lightweight.

[@spenmao]

@@RM_VFX haha i know its so worth it to get one! i dont have one myself but i do applaud everyone that does have one so that they can do stuffs like this! I completely understand and if i had the funds to spend on one and a reason to have one i would totally have a 3d printer, i was just pulling for the comedy that it was a 50$ thing depending on the amount of crafting materia you own.

[@daxsheepard9344]

My man Mystical went full Engineer Graduate on us lmaoooo

[@daxsheepard9344]

@@mr.mysteriousyt6118 yes it does I must b engine eer

[@ismailomar1068]

@@daxsheepard9344 nah the required knowledge is pretty basic since everything is pretty much spelled out in the video,all you're gonna need to figure out how to do is the souldering really. which im not saying is extremely easy but as youve seen it's quite simple

[@joshfudge7196]

If you use linear potentiometers and ribbons of metal which will behave like tendons along your fingers, you can substitute the spring loaded axial potentiometers and cable, whilst make the glove much slimmer. You will also have to create some anchors/rails for the ribbon along your fingers, to keep it flat against your hand.

[@LastJoris]

That's a good idea. And the main goal of this is to keep it cheap. Linear potentiometers aren't expensive either. Might try to do this myself.

[@joshfudge7196]

​@@LastJoris i would imagine you would have to make a housing similar to what he made, or figure out a way to keep the glove from stretching and pulling together when you open and close your hands. Or if you can find a slightly sturdier glove that still allows your skin to breath, that would be ideal. *Maybe stitching an elastic velcro strap to the wrist of the gloves to keep them in place would solve the issue too (make sure you stretch both the strap and the wrist of the glove out a bit while you sew it down so it keeps its elasticity). Would love to see it if you do end up making it. If you're savvy with an Arduino, you could even go as far as giving the gloves bluetooth capability.

[@joshfudge7196]

@@LastJoris and by this point you might as well throw in a Li-po battery and make it completely wireless lol. i have one on a project that happens to use a glove as well, and i made snug housing out of some sheet metal just in case it decides to pop, and i used JB-Weld to close the seam of the housing & hot glued the assembly to the glove.

[@Anarasha]

When soldering on pins like you did with the Nano, consider getting some solder flux. I know there is also flux in the solder itself, but if you put some flux on the contact surface and in the hole before putting the pins in, your solder will flow in there so smoothly you will end up wishing you did that a long time ago

[@leonidariogamer4029]

Everyone: makes the DIY VR HANDS Normal VR people in VRChat: just doing their things Everyone with DIY VR HANDS: Middle fingers everyone

[@thesmasherthebest]

Lmao

[@Makamakazi]

@@LeonGehste they do but it's not as EPIC AS THIS BRUH I'm an index user btw

[@woozysushii]

lucas is helping vr so much with these

[@NickBaijens]

Hope you reassembled the hotend on your printer correctly or you'll just have another clog soon :P You wanna make sure the nozzle sits tightly against the ptfe tube. There's tutorials out there that describe how to do that better than I can so have a look at those if you're not sure you did it right :D

[@fuzionxdoctor3576]

are you telling me i can live out my dreams without breaking the bank :pog:

[@hotdogiggy8299]

you have to get a 3d printer

[@bazinga8783]

@@hotdogiggy8299 You could just get a company to print the parts for you?

[@hotdogiggy8299]

@@bazinga8783 why was this phrased as a question (also I haven't found a reliable place that doesn't cost a fortune)

[@bazinga8783]

@@hotdogiggy8299 You have a point.

[@autobotguy]

This looks amazing! Perhaps instead of wool gloves, try some mechanics brand work gloves with the hardened knuckles and fingers top surfaces. You can mount the spring loaded potentiometers and cable guides to that a lot easier and not have to worry about the gloves being a difficult to wear droopy mess. Keep up the work dude, I enjoy your content! BTW...that video about the OWOTracker helped me out a ton. People are still amazed on Neos and VRChat that I'm using a smart phone as a hip tracker.

[@finallyfunctional]

Thanks for sharing this video and all your tips and the problems you ran into. I love seeing other DIY VR tech projects, as I'm working on one myself. If you know of other DIY VR tech projects I'd love to see more content from other makers.

[@Ruckusmatter]

im so building these as soon as i can source the parts

[@thesmasherthebest]

Ok?

[@SpellFire]

@@thesmasherthebestno you

[@mindyours752]

Pretty sure you can

[@fullstack.developer]

Wow, this with tiny motors will be so sick in the future :) This is a game changer. Amazing how fast things are starting to evolve .....

[@corriedotdev]

was gonna say the print is probs the hardest part to nail. just binged some videos, great content. wont lie tho thought the channel was called my testicle

[@cheese7993]

I can really see this becoming perfected and improved upon within the vr community to make this absolutely amazing, especially over the expensive options that aren't even available yet. If it were made so that people would simply buy the blueprints and instructions and just made it themselves, i can see this format of diy vr really catching on!

[@AFlexibleGamer]

The DIY look makes em look so sick

[@yuriyshafikov6571]

Who the hell disliked this video? This content is incredible.

[@Yiffin84]

probably vr companies lol

[@tybdamonster]

bruh lucas is amazing

[@VideoGuy9461]

I have that exact same shirt and honestly I think most people do. I see it everywhere. So comfortable.

[@lucas_e3094]

there is another way to check what com port it is, you look at the ports, plug the arduino in and then look at what com port is new

[@racheycar]

I just realized you use the same outro/intro music as TangoTek. Just another sign that I need to subscribe and keep up with your vr videos! Great job on this one btw, as someone whos only experience with this stuff is science class, I was able to follow what you were doing and stay very interested :) Cant wait to see what you post next!

[@garlickbred771]

i recommend using "bend sensors" to get data on ur finger bend, alot more accurate and simplistic. great job though love the video

[@jemvillegas1584]

The purpose of thete gloves is so that can be cheap and exesible and bend sencors are really expensive

[@garlickbred771]

@@jemvillegas1584 good point, except there are alot of ways to create bend sensors for cheap. using some silicon type material

[@paintedfoxes9889]

for all intents and purposes, this is a great idea

[@iatedeadpeople]

thank goodness, there is hope.

[@alpizstudios]

Excellent, your content is amazing!!! Congratulations, and thanks for sharing it with the world!

[@YharonJD]

Just slap a vive tracker on the back of the glove and BAM it would be tracked like a normal controller!

[@_ICE_VR]

Can you see if the Dekamove hip thing can fix/Improve the kinect full body for vrchat?

[@Not_Pulsus]

Great video! Really glad you're willing to put in the work, others seem to be complacent.

[@ALEXGIBSONCMG]

I actually had this idea back in like 2016, I have art and everything, I just shoved it in a file and showed people, but never did anything with it, had too much else going on, but I'm glad to see the collective consciousness has seen fit to promulgate the idea.

[@ALEXGIBSONCMG]

Ahh they haven't figured out the layout for the motors yet, interesting.

[@ALEXGIBSONCMG]

If you wanna see the og design files I can share them just lemme know

[@marrzywastaken3478]

Yesss when I asked u if you'll make a vid on it I didnt know it would be this soon 😁

[@Gamen4Bros]

Guys watch out with those springs, people have lost eyes with them

[@josh.8104]

I would personally use connectors to break all the wires between the boards and the pots. That way you can pre-wire everything and just clip it all together to get it working. No tugs no stress.

[@jesuscr1tikal]

i went from "is this a knock off stolen idea from Lucas" to subscribing to the channel watching the video. awesome video and i'm glad you credited Lucas for his work :D

[@garrett7913]

might be a dumb question but would this work with linked quest 2? Id love to try and build these for myself!

[@gigna1]

I think the thumbs are optional so you can use your controller buttons without the plastic finger tip getting in the way.

[@socks2441]

good point. and then when moving the thumbstick your in game thumb wont be moving around. but then you cant do thumbs up and thumbs down, not with finger tracking anyway.

[@gigna1]

@@socks2441 correct, the thumb would still be controlled by the controller if the software will allow it.

[@TheZolon]

If your print issues started after installing the dampners, it is possible you are having heat issues. I have 4 printers running here, but I replaced all of the boards with aftermarkets with TMC2208 or better drivers.

[@BlenderRender1]

The 13 people that disliked this video. This is because the gloves do not have haptic feedback yet

[@ScreechingBagel]

Yeah, they're just finger tracking gloves atm, and should be called such lmao

[@World_Theory]

Dude. I bet there would be a huge market for already printed, assembled, and flashed versions of these. Even if people are doing all that my hand. *Even in this un-polished state.* I do think some casing needs to be designed for the electronics and mechanics on the back of the hand though. And the glove needs to be made such that it can be partially disassembled easily for washing, to maintain hygiene. If an exoskeletal glove design is used, it also needs to be made adjustable for different sizes of hands and fingers lengths, as well as finger flex angles. Because everyone's hands are anywhere between subtly different to very different. It would also be a good idea to make sure the gloves can be worn for long periods of time without discomfort. Although I suspect that would become a known issue as soon as people start wearing them, and then complain about any problems they might have. Something else that might be useful for these, is a rubberized grip on the palm and finger gripping surfaces, on the outside of the gloves. Because people often need to pick real objects up while in VR, and hard plastic is suboptimal for gripping things.

[@achyexpert5458]

Hey its my bday this was a cool vid keep up the content

[@socks2441]

thats pretty cool, i almost want a 3d printer now. this would be a cool gimmick to demo vr experiences. also, if you can use it while holding a controller can you get index controller type tracking/ use from it? that would be cool. and how many games support gloves for finger tracking, and does it completely override controller inputs, or cant they fully co exist. is it game dependant etc etc. i am rambling. looks cool though. does half life alyx support gloves during actual gameplay. would love to see how that would work. looking forward to an updated video with finished/ improved gloves and to see them put through their paces.

[@FlameSoulis]

I'm kind of glad to see something like this. I might finally be able to figure out how OpenVR's driver system works to get my own project closer to completion.

[@jitterstlongpaw]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEASE make videos of the new builds

[@invinciblealex69]

This is like DIY steering wheel with arduino but on another level...

[@Vampyre_Bytes]

Finally, at 14:35 he finally acknowledged that it isn't actually a haptic anything.

[@TheMysticle]

Actually I say it at the beginning too :) 2:05

[@rosarionot6873]

i havent tried this but wwhat if you make the spring part connection to be under tension all the way ...... uh uh when you take the glove off the finger "caps?" return all the way when you put it on its already tensed up and you calibrate after you have it on. also try making a back of the hand plate so you can mount that to the glove and everything goes to the plate (like jin powergloves)

[@ShaneTrace]

Bro really cool video. Real Tony Stark vibes

[@JRPW]

Awesome video! I saw this and happy to see someone I trust try it

[@syrew900]

VR really makes you appreciate having fingers

[@ImaginationToForm]

Wow, better than I thought it would be. The designer must had taken apart those lanyards apart before to know that they wanted them in this project.

[@aryan_singh]

I have a upgrade suggestion - you can use flex sensor instead of all those messy potentiometers , ofcourse it increases the budget but it will be less messy , light and EASY TO WEAR

[@benyammiinn]

would you need a breadboard if using pre-crimped wires?

[@parcival_vt]

did you have a parzival funko on the pc??

[@lucas_e3094]

Crazy idea but hear me out, whe could use prostetic technology, they can read out your muscel constractions to move the prostetic hand and for vr you just need to change the prostetic hand do a litle device that sends it to the computer, so you have hand tracking whit just a litle device on your arm

[@theidleidol9010]

Have you considered instead using a pairing with usb transmitters and receivers over 5ghz wifi for the gloves? It would shed the weight of the wiring, only issue is they'd then need a battery pack and a port to charge them.

[@l0k048]

what about vacuum dampers? you could use syringes as a return and a graphite refil from mechanical pencils as linear potentioneters

[@leegray7017]

Great video, how did you get on with the exo glove? I couldn't see a follow up video (unless i am going blind)

[@dyr3z]

Best VR channel ever!

[@killerjoe11wd9]

Do you have a link to the exoskeleton print you mentioned at the end?

[@Aeriant.]

Would you be able to use a vive tracker for tracking?

[@omegavr8746]

Very impressive! Looks like the hacked Virtual Virtual Reality controller

[@matthewwilcox2055]

The thing is that while the Nano is powerful, it isn't read inputs from 5 potentiometers and control 5 motors with enough torque to move fingers powerful. The 5v lines can only handle like 40ma, so it would have to have an external power source, probably a battery, and then probably some mosfets to control the motors with that. So it'll probably be pretty bulky

[@VSink7631]

Can I get some links to the potentiometers? I don't want to risk getting the wrong ones.

[@liamashdown7955]

the giant trackers of the windows mixed reality controller would make easy and cheap tracking. will definetly be trying this

[@ototheo2740]

Really nice video and interesting project, just small tipp: your dimansional accuracy on the 3d prints could be improved my making sure your printers x-axis is square to y AND z from the looks of it x and y are square and the bed is leveled but the z is not square. If possible correct the tilt on the x axis.

[@idemanddonuts]

For cleaning up your soldering iron you could get some scotchbright (I don't know the spelling but imagine the rough side of a kitchen sponge but designed for gun cleaning. You can get it in the UK because I used it for cleaning ours sometimes. But otherwise you can get some brass sponge stuff to help get them nice and clean it while it's hot to really clean it

[@Gamen4Bros]

Lovely!!

[@tactikalmusic]

looks pretty lit

[@froarty50]

can't wait to see how your EXO gloves turn out!

[@felix_blng]

That was really nice!

[@axolore4650]

hello mysticle im new in this channel,and also,i subscribed to you,i like your videos

[@abelokhuizen8876]

is the cable that you connect to your gloves usb 2.0 or 3.0?

[@paytonbryant707]

does this work with other vr controllers such as the valve index controllers? i want to build this but i dont have any oculus controllers

[@jerrystrango]

thanks for all the work you put into this

[@1blisslife]

He needs to get a patreon or PayPal or something like that to give him some dough... He's giving us a useful cool thing for VR! Donation for a cup of coffee is in order! ☕

[@djlejeune-author]

Does it have force feedback? I didn't hear you mention anything about it but I thought that was the reason for the springs and motors

[@myhamsterflewaway55]

He said there is no pull back

[@myhamsterflewaway55]

2:04

[@Its_Ghost]

now i can feel like tony stark in a cave of scraps

[@RexusKing]

I think using a hall effect sensor would be much better and simple solution. Will try it when I have time.

[@juliusdrath510]

Hey Mysticle, I need your help (or any other that built these gloves). I wanted to rebuild the gloves and I am kinda stuck. After printing the parts, the nut that goes into the tensioner didn't fit so I had to push it in as hard as I can or print the whole thing like 3% larger. It now seems like the parts only held together fine but when I put them on the potentiometers, they are kinda stuck (the retraction is only like half of what it could be and the retraction speed is really slow). Do you have any ideas on what the problem could be?

[@dynamicgoose6829]

I'm defenetly gonna try this myself!!!

[@socks2441]

those damn spool springs. had to rewind one after the end broke on a lawnmower recently. damn they are a pita.

[@pog8198]

I can’t wait to try this

[@ImaginationToForm]

Your exo glove idea sounds good. Can't wait to see that part.

[@Phoenix_VR]

If you want to add movement in VR? put a thumb stick glued to beginning of your index finger and assigned movement to it ;)

[@serkancebeci2200]

I like it, simple and beautiful. Will you add an accelerometer / altimeter? I wondered .It could be easier with the handmade flex sensor. Maybe I can try to make one too .

[@RM_VFX]

If Lucas is as smart as he seems to be, hopefully he'll replace the potentiometers with featherweight servos for the haptics, and use the built in potentiometers as sensors. Then you could use the arduino to energize the servos to provide resistance when an obstacle is met.

[@paulhagan9483]

Loved it keep making them

[@esmokebaby]

Now can you pick stuff up with just grabbing it without clicking buttons?

[@ethanvalentine4299]

Man I was hoping this was going to create resistance like some of the other gloves out there because I saw the strings. But as soon as I saw the potentiometers I knew where this was going... still awesome idea and I cant wait to see what Lucas does for haptics maybe hes got an idea up his sleeve for active resistance. However I feel like that would have to be supported in game and have specific coding in each game in order to recognize different objects and create the proper resistance based on what you grab. But I have very limited knowledge when it comes to these things so I could be way wrong.

[@jaybabcock9123]

"look at how accurate it is." proceeds to show the glove bending further than his hand

[@mattm7220]

So refreshing to hear a KZbinr actually pronounce "soldering" correctly! I get really sick of hearing "soddering" all the time

[@ethanvalentine4299]

technically... it is pronounced "sodder" or (sädər) according to oxford dictionary.... but I just assume the difference is regional since mystical is in the U.K. and I'm in the U.S.

[@cuttheloop]

These would be awesome for DCS World.