This week the IRL hosted etextile designers Rachel Freire and Becca Rose who have collaborated to develop an open source ‘Mudra’ VR gloves. The DIY glove design is compatible with the HTC Vive, breaking out the pins on the Vive Tracker and mounting it on the wrist of a DIY etextile glove design.

Our VR lab was temporarily repurposed as a makerspace to facilitate the creation of four brand new pairs of gloves and to repair and upgrade two existing pairs. The design was prototyped by Becca Rose, working from Rachel Freire’s open source designs and the ‘Mudra’ glove made in our workshop is an updated design developed specifically for the IRL team to use in Narupa.