From: "Speth, James G." <speth%ucscb.UCSC.EDU@ucscc.ucsc.edu>
Subject: Low-end VR Consortium
Date: 17 Sep 91 10:19:35 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing




   I am new to this newsgroup so forgive me if I say anything said before...
But I get the feeling that there are many others out there like myself that 
have a little money and a lot of desire to get their hands on some low-end VR.
What I propose is that we start an informal consortium dedicated to exploring 
our available options.

   I mean things that we can do TODAY, with the computers we ALREADY have.
Some ideas I've been thinking about...

   Public Domain source code for very simple 3D rendering on a mac or pc.

   Simple and cheap interfaces...Including the Nintendo PowerGlove (has 
anyone successfully used it with a mac?)  Or the Sega3D LCD glasses, which 
can easily be hooked up to a mac.

   If there are others out there that share my desire to actually do 
something ourselves, then please mail me.  Please also mail me if you have 
ideas or plans for low-end VR systems or interfaces. Thanks.

   -Jim Speth
    speth@ucscb.ucsc.edu