You need at least a basic form of gesture input first. Then if that’s working, you can grow.
So if you like Lucid, build one single hand of that.
If that link you posted about it is accurate, should cost you 11$.
Then you need some VR output.
Google’s Cardboard VR should cost you one piece of paper you print it on, and then you can repurpose any old cardboard box to build a frame for the cellphone to sit inside.
with that you should be able to test a “game” you can build on Unity.
It’s not really a game. all you need at first is a scene where you can throw in a HUD to see a number/log/whatever for each gesture you’re doing with the glove.
Then you can turn on the phone’s camera and display it inside the game… or hook it to VR chat, etc…
From then on, it’s just about coding your interface.
so, TLDR version:
- 1 hand of lucid for 11$
- 1 cardboard VR to wrap your phone in (free? 10 cents?)
- free license for Unity 3D.
total to start up should be 11$