Artificial neural network based optical hand posture recognition using a color-coded glove

7 Acknowledgments 8 List of Figures 9 List of Tables 11 List of Abbreviations 12 Chapter 1 14 Introduction 14 1.1 Motivation 14 1.2 Problem Statement 16 1.3 Proposed Solution 16 1.4 Contributions 17 1.5 Thesis Outline 18 Chapter 2 20 Background 20 2.1 Immersive Virtual Reality 20 2.1.1 CAVE 21 2.1.2 DIVINE 22 2.1.3 VR Controllers 23 2.1.3.1 Instrumented Glove 24 2.1.3.2 3D Tracking 24

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