From scivw@u.washington.edu Wed Oct 6 16:51:32 1993 From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: DIGEST: Virtual-worlds Info Booth [03.13] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle Status: RO X-Status: ############################################ ### Virtual-worlds Info Booth Digest ### ### volume 03, number 13 ### ############################################ Contents: INFO: PGSI WHO: HELP from Tony WHO: Looking for those VR researchers in Australia EDUC: Searching for guidence... INFO: database of VR related companies INFO: VR Discussion Groups INFO: help in getting started See the Sci.Virtual-Worlds Meta-FAQ, posted monthly and available as text: URL=ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/virtual-worlds/Meta-FAQ html: URL=ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/virtual-worlds/WWW/scivw-faq.html for more details on the organization of this newsgroup. __ ______________ __ _^_ / /_/ / _/_ __/ / ___ _/ / <(===)> Toni Emerson / __ // / / / / /__/ _ `/ _ \ \|/ Moderator, sci.virtual-worlds /_/ /_/___/ /_/ /____/\_,_/_.__/ H Toni's Home Page: URL=http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/diderot/ Sci.v-w's site home page: URL=ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/virtual-worlds/WWW/scivw.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: St931421@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Ben Ward) Subject: INFO: PGSI Date: 29 Mar 1995 06:31:35 GMT Hey there, If anyone could do me a big favor and send a pointer in the form of a URL, email or a snail mail address where I could get some info on the Power Glove Serial Interface I would appreciate it. I am also curious of the relative quality of this compared to the Goldbrick interface. I would be thankful of any help at all. :D Also, I am right in believing there are *no* native powerpc world development tools besides Renderware? Gossamer isn't native. And Walkthrough Pro isn't all that real. Thanks for your time and take care, Ben Ward [Check the following _excellent_ resources-- PGSI FAQ, URL: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigarch/pgsi/pgsifaq.html Hombrew VR List Home Page, URL: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigarch/pgsi/ Excerpt from PowerGlove FAQ, URL: http://www.spies.com/jet/faq-0.3.html#SEC22 "The PGSI (PowerGlove Serial Interface) is a project from UIUC and promises to be the bestest cheapest way to use the PowerGlove with nearly any computer. The PGSI FAQ is maintained by Ben Gross (pgsi@uiuc.edu) and can be ftp'd from FTP.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) in /ACM/PGSI as PGSI.FAQ. Like most FAQs, it is irregularly posted to various newsgroups and mailing lists. The first batch of orders were shipped in mid 1993. There is talk of another production run, the PGSI FAQ should be checked for the latest data." -T.E.] ------------------------------ From: puzzle@iinet.com.au (Don Argent) Subject: WHO: HELP from Tony Date: 29 Mar 1995 18:55:58 +0800 Organization: iiNET Technologies Hello, recently I recieved some infomation from a Tony (last name forgotten). Well due to some technical problems with a server (bad phase of the moon or something) I have lost his email address and some of the infomation. So Tony (you should know who you are) could you please mail a message to me at: argentdj@cs.curtin.edu.au Thanx. or alternitively puzzle@iinet.com.au (the first is preferred) Regards, Don. ------------------------------ From: montefus@dsi.unimi.it (Diego Montefusco) Subject: WHO: Looking for those VR researchers in Australia Hi all! I'd need the email (or fax/ph/address in order of importance) of the following people working on VR in Australia. The following texts have been taken from the AUSI-VR 94 conference program. If someone has the conference proceeding, the info should be there (almost certainly). Thanks so much! diego >1415-1500 VR - Developing Safe, Secure Systems: > A Defence Perspective > Mr William MacCallum, The Australian Defence Department >1630-1700 The Electronic Immersive Learning of the Future > Dr Terry Guthridge, University of Melbourne >0930-1030 International Collaboration in VR Research > Dr Peter Clark, AMRL Melbourne >1530-1615 Digital Dentistry - Virtual Reality in Orthodontics > Dr Michael Snow, Sydney University Just to give you the full info, here are their biographies: William A MacCallum ------------------- Bill MacCallum has had a broad career working for the UK and Australian Governments and private industry. He joined the Australian Department of Defence in 1980 and became Director of Technical Security in 1990. In addition to his general duties of managing the Directorate, Bill also represents the Department on technical security policy matters in the international arena. He was responsible for initiating the founding of a four nation (America, Britain, Canada, Australia) Defence Information Technology Security Working Group, to focus on common security standards and the development of information system policy, standards and procedures for secure information system interoperability. Terry Guthridge BA, BEd, MEd ---------------------------- Mr Terry Guthridge is a Senior Lecturer in Information and Communications Technology at the School of Technology Education at the University of Melbourne. He is the co-ordinator of the Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Education. He has recently developed a unit in Virtual Reality at Masters level for the University of Melbourne and is researching his special interest of Virtual Reality Applications in education and training, specifically the Virtual University. Apart from his expertise in information and communications technology, Mr Guthridge has an extensive, prestigious television production background, winning a Penguin Award for his work in television production in 1987. He has just completed an hour documentary on Information Technology and is working on a number of follow up documentaries and a CD ROM in the areas of Virtual Reality and Cyberspace. Mr Guthridge~s combined expertise in television production, information technology and education gives him a distinct advantage researching the educational and training applications of Virtual Reality. Dr Peter Clark PhD ------------------ Dr Clark completed his doctorate in the field of nuclear physics at the Australian National University in 1981. He joined the Defence Department in Canberra, working as a Research Scientist in the field of Operations Research. In 1989 he undertook a posting as Scientific Adviser to Army~s Headquarters Training Command based in Sydney. During his five years in this position, Dr Clark had the duty to inform the Army with respect to new technologies which might assist Army Training. One such technology was Virtual Reality. During this period, Dr Clark became the Australian National Leader, and subsequently the Panel Chairman, of an International Defence Technical Group dealing with Training Technology. The subject of Virtual Reality has become a key collaborative issue amongst the five nations involved; Australia, USA, Canada, UK and New Zealand. Dr Clark is now employed as a Senior Research Scientist with the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory in Melbourne, where fundamental research into simulation is being conducted. Michael Snow PhD ---------------- Dr Snow, BDSc (Honours), MDSc, LDS, is a dental specialist with a clinical, research and teaching career of more than 20 years in the study and practice of Dentistry; with a primary focus on Craniofacial biology and anomalies, human growth and development studies, dental occlusion and its treatment with Orthodontics biomechanics. Dr Snow was appointed Senior Orthodontist at Perth Dental Hospital by Professor William Proffit. Professor Proffit was an Assistant Professor and Consultant Orthodontic specialist in the Orthodontic, Advanced General Dentistry, and Dentofacial Programs (Orthognathic Surgery) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA 1986-88. ------------------------------ From: us003637@pop3.interramp.com Subject: EDUC: Searching for guidence... Date: Sun, 02 Apr 95 20:30:27 PDT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link I thought I'd come straight to the source of expertise to get what I'm looking for. I'd like any information on where to begin my VR education and learn all I can on how to put together a system of my own. I have computer knowledge, but VR is fairly new, yet I am extremely interested in pursuing it and learning all I can. I'd appreciate it if anyone can point me in the right direction. Please post a reply or mail me directly. Thank-you! Timothy Wiegel ------------------------------ From: v6tr@unb.ca (PUNDALE Shailendra) Subject: INFO: database of VR related companies Date: 3 Apr 1995 12:56:59 GMT Organization: University of New Brunswick Hello ! Does any one out there know if there is a database of VR related companies . It would be helpful even if there is such, of certain sectors say, entertainment. If not, where is it possible to find a list of companies who are doing VR related work? Shailendra. ************************************************************************* * Shailendra Pundale E MAIL: v6tr@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca * * Dept. of Mech Engg. v6tr@unb.ca * * University of New Brunswick, TEL NO- (res) 506-455-0633 * * P.O. Box- 4400, Fredericton,NB. (Dept.) 506-453-4513 * * Canada E3B 5A3 FAX- (Dept.) 506-453-5025 * ************************************************************************* ------------------------------ From: Zenon Sosnowski Subject: INFO: VR Discussion Groups To: sci-virtual-worlds@ftp.uu.net Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: RO X-Status: A I wonder if you could provide me with the e-mail address of a Virtual Reality discussion list in Internet ? Regards, Zenon Sosnowski zenon@ai.pb.bialystok.pl ------------------------------ From: anzalott@k12.oit.umass.edu (Andrea Anzalotti (Central HS Spfld)) Subject: INFO: help in getting started Date: 4 Apr 1995 02:01:57 GMT Organization: University of Massachusetts K-12 Outreach Lines: 10 I'm extreamly new with VR and need everything. At the moment I'm teaching myself how to program in C and I'm not very knoledgable with most of the stuff out there. My friend made his own geer for some scraps he hade around the house but it's very primitive. I have a very limited buget and don't want to spend more then I have to. Any online books, catalogs, or just information will be extreamly helpful. Thanks -- Illiterate? Write for help. anzalott@k12.oit.umass.edu ************************************************************ End of Info Booth Digest ************************************************************ From @uga.cc.uga.edu:owner-virtu-l@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Fri Apr 7 00:54:22 1995 Return-Path: <@uga.cc.uga.edu:owner-virtu-l@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU> Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA24114; Fri, 7 Apr 95 00:54:22 -0700 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA10241; Fri, 7 Apr 95 00:54:21 -0700 Message-Id: <9504070754.AA10241@mx4.u.washington.edu> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7009; Fri, 07 Apr 95 03:52:32 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5907; Thu, 6 Apr 1995 22:18:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 18:42:12 -0600 Reply-To: Oscar Francisco Garcia Ramos Sender: "VR / sci.virtual-worlds" From: Oscar Francisco Garcia Ramos Subject: INFORMATION ABOUT VR FOR THESIS Comments: To: VR List Server To: Multiple recipients of list VIRTU-L Status: RO X-Status: A I'm looking to start my MBA Thesis, and I would like it to have something to do with Virtual Reality, specialy if it deals with finances or money markets or even macro or microeconomics. If someone out there knows something about books, companies or just has plain knowledge about this theme please send information to: ============================================================================== Oscar F. Garcia-Ramos Mexico City, Mexico garciar@mba.ster.itam.mx ============================================================================== Thanks. From news@cs.nps.navy.mil Mon Apr 10 04:21:52 1995 Return-Path: Received: from cs.nps.navy.mil by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA25457; Mon, 10 Apr 95 04:21:52 -0700 Received: by cs.nps.navy.mil (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11824; Mon, 10 Apr 95 04:20:53 PDT Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: adaptive From: adaptive@cs.nps.navy.mil (zyda res acct) Subject: data glove info sought Message-Id: Sender: news@cs.nps.navy.mil Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 11:20:52 GMT Apparently-To: sci-virtual-worlds Status: RO X-Status: A bonjour, i am searching for info/prices for a data glove input device any would appreciate any info about providers out there. merci, george dabrowski From news@trex.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us Mon Apr 10 08:11:01 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA12209; Mon, 10 Apr 95 08:11:01 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA03244; Mon, 10 Apr 95 08:10:59 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA07368; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 08:06:34 -0700 Received: from trex.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP id QQykwi16347; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 11:10:54 -0400 Received: (from news@localhost) by trex.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us (8.6.10/8.6.9) id IAA15092; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 08:15:13 -0600 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: i317-15.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us!user From: sparten@stega.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us (Brandon Tebbe) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: virtual machines Date: 10 Apr 1995 14:15:12 GMT Organization: Smoky Hill High School Lines: 4 Message-Id: Nntp-Posting-Host: i317-15.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us Status: RO X-Status: A I am looking maybe to invest in a machine that is powerful enough to run extremely detailed virtual software, need info. sparten@stega.smoky.ccsd.k12.co.us From news@francenet.fr Mon Apr 10 08:37:21 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA16990; Mon, 10 Apr 95 08:37:21 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA06326; Mon, 10 Apr 95 08:37:20 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA07478; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 08:32:38 -0700 Received: from chleuasme.francenet.fr (chleuasme.francenet.fr [194.2.144.2]) by relay1.oleane.net (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA27705 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 17:36:48 +0200 Received: (from news@localhost) by chleuasme.francenet.fr (8.6.9/8.6.9) id RAA03666; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 17:36:46 +0200 To: sci-virtual-worlds@oleane.net Path: usenet From: gcharles@dialup.francenet.fr (Gilbert CHARLES) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: ??Information about virtual sex (ie artificial penis and vagina)?? Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 17:33:44 +0200 Organization: L'EXPRESS Lines: 10 Message-Id: <3mbjad$3ic@chleuasme.francenet.fr> Reply-To: [Default:blank]@francenet.fr Nntp-Posting-Host: gcharles.dialup.francenet.fr X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.38 Status: RO X-Status: A Hi, Did anyone heard something about virtual sex (ie artificial penis and vagina, companies working on this field, etc) ? /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ < Gilbert CHARLES / L'EXPRESS (weekly newsmagazine) > < Tel: +33 1 40 54 34 04 Fax: +33 1 40 54 99 72 > < Email: gcharles@world-net.sct.fr > < Compuserve : 100441,2766 > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ From news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca Tue Apr 11 02:59:04 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA13522; Tue, 11 Apr 95 02:59:04 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA17615; Tue, 11 Apr 95 02:59:03 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA12856; Tue, 11 Apr 1995 02:54:38 -0700 Received: from deep.rsoft.bc.ca by relay4.UU.NET with SMTP id QQykzf29688; Tue, 11 Apr 1995 05:58:58 -0400 Received: by deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0rycin-0003qPC; Tue, 11 Apr 95 02:58 PDT To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: news From: Farhez Rayani Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: Degree in VR/CS at Canadian Universities/Colleges Date: 11 Apr 1995 09:58:57 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! Communications Corp. Lines: 13 Message-Id: <3mdjt1$9i7@deep.rsoft.bc.ca> Nntp-Posting-Host: line01.nwm.mindlink.net Status: RO X-Status: A Hi, I'm looking for a list of Canadian Universities or Colleges offering a Degree in Virtual Reality or a Com Sci Degree with VR specialisation :-) . Any information is greatly appreciated. Thankyou, -FR (Farhez_Rayani@mindlink.bc.ca) From news@lgc.com Wed Apr 12 13:00:27 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA01167; Wed, 12 Apr 95 13:00:27 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA01317; Wed, 12 Apr 95 13:00:26 -0700 Received: from relay2.UU.NET (relay2.UU.NET [192.48.96.7]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id MAA23355 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 1995 12:56:00 -0700 From: news@lgc.com Received: from lgc.lgc.com by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP id QQylem03558; Wed, 12 Apr 1995 16:00:22 -0400 Received: by lgc.lgc.com (5.65b/lgc.1.23) id AA16298; Wed, 12 Apr 95 15:00:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 95 15:00:20 -0500 Message-Id: <9504122000.AA16298@lgc.lgc.com> To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Status: RO X-Status: A Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: usenet From: Randy Clarke Subject: Looking for references on Interactive 3D editing/manipulation of objects Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-ID: Sender: usenet@lgc.com Nntp-Posting-Host: godzilla.zycor.lgc.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Landmark Graphics Corporation Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 20:00:17 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1b3 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-Url: news:sci.virtual-worlds Hi, I'm looking for references to papers or books on the interactive 3D editing or modeling of grid or volume data. Most of my searches thus far have been futile, so any pointers would be welcome. Please respond to me directly, as I don't generally frequent this group. I'll forward to any interested parties. Thanks, Randy rcc@zycor.lgc.com