The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

data glove

    An input device for virtual
   reality in the form of a glove which measures the movements
   of the wearer's fingers and transmits them to the computer.
   Sophisticated data gloves also measure movement of the wrist
   and elbow.  A data glove may also contain control buttons or
   act as an output device, e.g. vibrating under control of the
   computer.  The user usually sees a virtual image of the
   data glove and can point or grip and push objects.

   Examples are Fifth Dimension Technologies (5DT)'s 5th
   Glove, and Virtual Technologies' CyberGlove.  A cheaper
   alternative is InWorld VR's CyberWand.

   ["Full freedom plus input", PC Magazine, Mar 14 1995,
   pp. 168-190].

   [Inventor?]

   (1995-04-04)