From: draperjv@ornl.gov
Subject: RE: TECH: Glove vs. Joystick
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The hand controller issue has been studied in the context of
teleoperation, though not as thoroughly as I'd like.  The best study
is:

O'hara, J. M. (1987). Telerobotic control of a dexterous manipulator
using master and six-DOF hand controllers for space assembly and
servicing tasks, in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 31st
Annual Meeting, Santa Monica, CA: The Human Factors Society, pp.
791-795.

The teleoperator studies generally compare joysticks to master
controllers, with position control vs. rate control being the key
comparison. This is probably applicable to your VR problem.

One issue that has not been adequately addressed in the teleoperator
literature is the matching of controller to controlled device. The
responsiveness of a robotic manipulator (its ability to recreate human
trajectories and impedance in space and time) probably determines
which control mode is best.

I hope this reference is useful.

John Draper