adding a rnning average on the velocity values returned by the hydra and adding a simple js to test

examples/controllers/handPosesDebug.js

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+//
+//  handPosesDebug.js
+//  examples
+//
+//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+
+
+function makeSphere(color) {
+	var SPHERE_SIZE = 0.05;
+	var sphere = Overlays.addOverlay("sphere", {
+	    position: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 },
+	    size: SPHERE_SIZE,
+	    color: color,
+	    alpha: 1.0,
+	    solid: true,
+	    visible: true,
+	});
+
+	return sphere;
+}
+
+
+var NUM_HANDS = 2;
+var NUM_SPHERES_PER_HAND = 2;
+var LEFT_HAND = 0;
+var RIGHT_HAND = 1;
+
+var COLORS = [ { red: 255, green: 0, blue: 0 }, { red: 0, green: 0, blue: 255 } ];
+
+function index(handNum, indexNum) {
+	return handNum * NUM_HANDS + indexNum;
+}
+
+var app = {};
+
+
+function setup() {
+	app.spheres = new Array();
+
+	for (var h = 0; h < NUM_HANDS; h++) {
+		for (var s = 0; s < NUM_SPHERES_PER_HAND; s++) {
+			var i = index(h, s);
+			app.spheres[i] = makeSphere(COLORS[h]);
+			print("Added Sphere num " + i + " = " + JSON.stringify(app.spheres[i]));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+function updateHand(handNum) {
+
+	var pose;
+	var handName = "right";
+	if (handNum == LEFT_HAND) {
+		pose = MyAvatar.getLeftHandPose();
+		handName = "left";
+	} else {
+		pose = MyAvatar.getRightHandPose();
+		handName = "right";
+	}
+
+	if (pose.valid) {
+		//print(handName + " hand moving" +  JSON.stringify(pose));
+		Overlays.editOverlay(app.spheres[index(handNum, 0)], {
+	        position: pose.translation,
+	        visible: true,
+	    });
+	   	var vpos = Vec3.sum(pose.velocity, pose.translation);
+	    Overlays.editOverlay(app.spheres[index(handNum, 1)], {
+	        position: vpos,
+	        visible: true,
+	    });
+	} else {
+		Overlays.editOverlay(app.spheres[index(handNum, 0)], {
+	        visible: false
+	    });
+
+	    Overlays.editOverlay(app.spheres[index(handNum, 1)], {
+	        visible: false
+	    });
+	}
+}
+
+function update() {
+	updateHand(LEFT_HAND);
+	updateHand(RIGHT_HAND);
+}
+
+function scriptEnding() {
+	print("Removing spheres = " + JSON.stringify(app.spheres));
+	for (var i = 0; i < app.spheres.length; i++) {
+		Overlays.deleteOverlay(app.spheres[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+setup();
+Script.update.connect(update);
+Script.scriptEnding.connect(scriptEnding);

libraries/input-plugins/src/input-plugins/SixenseManager.h

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ private:
         }
     };
 
-    static const int MAX_NUM_AVERAGING_SAMPLES = 10; // At ~100 updates per seconds this means averaging over ~.1s
+    static const int MAX_NUM_AVERAGING_SAMPLES = 1000; // At ~100 updates per seconds this means averaging over ~.1s
     using MovingAverageMap = std::map< int, MovingAverage< glm::vec3, MAX_NUM_AVERAGING_SAMPLES> >;
     MovingAverageMap _collectedSamples;