How do I make my gloves touchscreen compatible? This is a question that comes to most people’s mind the first time they use a glove. To answer this question you need to know what a touchscreen is, and how gloves can have a touchscreen built in. A touchscreen is a small touch pad that can be placed on most any type of hand held electronic gadget. Gloves are one of the easiest gadgets to integrate with your smart phone or other tablet device. These accessories are made especially for the new generation of cell phone users, and it really is no surprise that the most used cell phone accessories come with a built in screen protector.
One of the first manufacturers to introduce a glove into this market was Fossil. The Forecast handled everything from temperature control to power saving when the user wore gloves. The first generation glove had a touch sensitive display and required the user to use a sensor bar to “talk” to the screen. The problem with these is that the phone picked up everything from the moisture on the skin of the user, to the pressure of the finger. Because of this, the finger was used for input, and the other fingers were not for clicking, swiping or other tasks. The gloves had to be taken off to access the screen.
The next accessory came from a different manufacturer. LG wanted to create a phone accessory that was both functional and fashionable. After all, many people had difficulty finding stylish gloves. When the company developed the glove there was no longer any need to remove them to use the phone. The glove incorporated a miniaturized display, allowing it to fit into smaller spaces.
These are just two of the gloves that have integrated with a touchscreen. The newest is the Phazer 3000, which has a display that doubles as a stylus. It makes interacting with the phone easier than ever before.
How do I make my gloves touchscreen compatible with my phone? The most important part of the answer is to look at your current gloves. Are they made of the same materials as your phone? If they are, that’s great – you just need to make sure that the screen can be integrated with the material without making too big a hole or without allowing the air to get through. This is the first step in designing a glove accessory that works.
Next you should contact your phone manufacturer. They usually handle cases and accessories for their phones and may have a solution already. If not, don’t be afraid to ask. They will probably be more than happy to design a glove for your phone so that it works with your new accessory.