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 [03.23] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle Status: RO X-Status: ############################################ ### Virtual-worlds Info Booth Digest ### ### volume 03, number 23 ### ############################################ Contents: EDUC: Universities INFO: Homebrew VR SPECS: Bio-Control INFO: VR demos open to public in NYC See the Sci.Virtual-Worlds Meta-FAQ, posted monthly and available by anonymous ftp (ftp.u.washington.edu:/public/virtual-worlds/Meta-FAQ), for more details on the organization of this newsgroup. There is also a home page for the ftp site: URL: ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/virtual-worlds/WWW/scivw.html This Digest is archived at the sci.virtual-worlds archive site, URL: ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/virtual-worlds/Digests/ Toni Emerson Moderator, sci.virtual-worlds http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/diderot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ruchi M. Kansal" Subject: EDUC: Universities To: Multiple recipients of list VIRTU-L Status: RO X-Status: A Hello, I am inquiring about GRAD schools that specialize in Graphics Design or Virtual Reality. I am looking to pursue a grad degree in Computer Science and in the BAY area in California. If anyone has any information or contact, I'd really appreciate all your help, considering I'm helpless from the Missouri area. Could you please forward any information to my email account at ruchi@vnet.ibm.com Thanks in advance for your attention :) [ * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (see: http://www.cs.unc.edu/) * University of Washington (URL: http://supreme.ieng.washington.edu/grad.html, http://www.hitl.washington.edu/information/) * Institute of Simulation and Training, Central Florida (see URL: http://www.tiig.ist.ucf.edu/ist_web/ist.html) * Naval Postgraduate School (URL: http://www.pao.nps.navy.mil) AND many more, please add to this list and let's get it in the FAQ! -T.E.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruchi Kansal ruchi@vnet.ibm.com Software Developer for Child Support System IBM, Jefferson City, MO (314) 634-0329 ------------------------------ From: pauly@alva.dungeon.com (Paul Alvarez) Subject: INFO: Homebrew VR Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 21:59:16 GMT Organization: Dungeon Network Systems Hey, where can I find info on homebrew VR? I'd like to make my on mock-ups, for a small price. Thanx in advance!!! [Homebrew FAQ and Mailing List: 3.2.4 Homebrew-VR mailing list: The Homebrew-VR mailing list is a listserv maintained on sleepless.acm.uiuc.edu by Jonathan Stark (jks@uiuc.edu). The purpose of the list is to promote the development of homebuilt virtual reality devices and applications. Through this list, people can exchange ideas and questions, and hopefully everyone will end up the better for it. Subscribing to the Homebrew-VR mailing list is very easy. Simply send mail to homebrew-vr-request@acm.uiuc.edu with a subject of "Subscribe". You will automatically be added to the list, and will receive all mail that is sent to the group. To post, send mail to homebrew-vr@acm.uiuc.edu. Your mail will then be resent to all of the people on the list. A copy of your message will also be sent back to you. Homebrew-VR FAQ is available as an HTML Document: URL=http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/homebrew/faq.html ------------------------------ From: figue@thomson-lcr.fr (Jean Figue) Subject: SPECS: Bio-Control Sender: news@morphee Organization: Thomson-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Recherches, Orsay, France Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 08:37:12 GMT >Bio-Control, Inc has the Bio-Muse system which works on EMG or ENG >(muscular sensing, either body or eye muscles). It works nicely. I would be very interested (and thankful) if somebody could indicate me either the adress of this company (Bio-Control) or, even better, references on papers on that subject. Thanks in advance. Jean FIGUE. [Lusted, H. S. and Knapp, R. B. (1994). Medical Applications for Biocontroller Technology. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality II: Interactive Technology & Healthcare: Visionary Applications for Simulation Visualization Robotics (pp. 131-133). San Diego, CA, USA: Aligned Management Associates. BioControl Systems, Inc. 430 Cowper Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Tel: 415-329-8496/Fax: 415-329-8498 Product: BioMuse biosignal processor. -T.E.] ------------------------------ From: moyp@interport.net (Peter Moy) Subject: INFO: VR demos open to public in NYC Date: 13 Jun 1995 17:44:49 -0400 Organization: Interport Communications Corp. Hi, Does anyone out there know if there are any VR demo/games in the NYC area open to the public? Please e-mail me at moyp@interport.net Thanks, Pete ------------------------------ From: mote@ix.netcom.com (Peter Geiberger ) Subject: Date: 14 Jun 1995 00:04:29 GMT Organization: Netcom has anyone heard about a pc version of caligari, the old cad program? I've used it only on an ancient amiga but have grown quite fond of it. If anyone has any info on comparable products for the pc or a pc version I would be eager to hear about it. ************************************************************ End of InfoBooth Digest ************************************************************From owner-virtu-l@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Wed Jun 14 17:35:57 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA16951; Wed, 14 Jun 95 17:35:57 -0700 Received: from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA19829; Wed, 14 Jun 95 17:35:56 -0700 Received: from VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU by vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7609; Wed, 14 Jun 95 19:38:40 CDT Received: from VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UIUCVMD) by VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4771; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 19:38:39 -0500 Received: from VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU by VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 1874 for VIRTU-L@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 19:38:31 -0500 Received: from UIUCVMD (NJE origin SMTP@UIUCVMD) by VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4767; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 19:38:31 -0500 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Wed, 14 Jun 95 19:38:29 CDT Received: from uucp2.UU.NET by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyudu07818; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 20:35:35 -0400 Received: from uunet-in.UUCP by uucp2.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 20:35:34 -0400 Received: by relay.UUNET.IN (Smail-N3.28-UUI) Message Id: ; Thu, 15 Jun 95 05:48 IST Received: by bangalore.UUNET.IN (Smail-N3.28-UUI) Message Id: ; Wed, 14 Jun 95 22:10 IST Received: by vreal.uunet.in (UUPC/extended 1.11x); Wed, 14 Jun 1995 15:40:47 IST Message-Id: <2fdebcb0.vreal@vreal.uunet.in> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 15:40:46 IST Reply-To: Rawla Sender: "VR / sci.virtual-worlds" From: Rawla Subject: VR Course Comments: To: m152701@proffa.cc.tut.fi To: Multiple recipients of list VIRTU-L Status: RO X-Status: A On Tue, 6 Jun 1995 21:15:08 +0200, "Moncada Wong Carlos" wrote: > Hello! > > I would really appreciate if anybody can give me some information about > universities (in any country) which offer graduate programs on V.R. The University of Hull has become the first school in UK to offer computer science graduates an advanced course in VE.(Refer VRWORLD March/April issue) The Cad Institute in US also offer's courses in VR. OfCourse most Univ. in the West have some sort of research going on in VR Anuj -- "If you aim for the stars you just might make it to the moon." Anuj Rawla Telephone: +91-80-6634775 VR REAL TECHNOLOGIES (P) LTD. Fax +91-80-5585964 rawla@vreal.uunet.in Address: Casa Ansal, No. 18 N.S. Palya, Bannerghatta Rd. Bangalore. India From news@bt.net Thu Jun 15 10:13:13 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA05263; Thu, 15 Jun 95 10:13:13 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA05602; Thu, 15 Jun 95 10:13:12 -0700 Received: from relay3.UU.NET (relay3.UU.NET [192.48.96.8]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA15801 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 10:13:10 -0700 Received: from relay.bt.net by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyugi18431; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:13:28 -0400 Received: from news.bt.net by relay.bt.net with SMTP (PP); Thu, 15 Jun 1995 18:12:53 +0100 Received: by news.bt.net (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA18881; Thu, 15 Jun 95 18:12:51 BST To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: usenet From: morgan@power.globalnews.com (Morgan Holt) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: hmd research Date: 15 Jun 1995 17:12:50 GMT Organization: APT Data Group Plc Lines: 3 Message-Id: <3rppmi$iag@news.bt.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: morgan.globalnews.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ Status: RO X-Status: A Anyone know of any 'human factor' research done on head mounted displays and their positive or negative effects? (Or anyone know any good anecdotes?) Thanks, Morgan From news@gensva.athena.livjm.ac.uk Fri Jun 16 05:29:10 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA08452; Fri, 16 Jun 95 05:29:10 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA07952; Fri, 16 Jun 95 05:29:02 -0700 Received: from relay1.UU.NET (relay1.UU.NET [192.48.96.5]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id FAA21143 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 05:28:55 -0700 Received: from gensva.athena.livjm.ac.uk by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyujh02494; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 08:28:58 -0400 Received: by gensva.athena.livjm.ac.uk id AA22338; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 13:28:02 +0100 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: matag.athena.livjm.ac.uk!cmsbdoll From: cmsbdoll@matag.athena.livjm.ac.uk () Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: RFI: Motion Sensing : Movement Tracking. Date: 16 Jun 1995 12:28:01 GMT Organization: Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-Id: <3rrtch$lgk@gensva.athena.livjm.ac.uk> Nntp-Posting-Host: matag.athena.livjm.ac.uk Status: RO X-Status: A I am looking for information/techniques/equipment/papers/publications on motion tracking systems of the type used in total immersive virtual reality headsets. I am doing a project for the 4th year of my BSc in software engineering which will track the motion of a motor-disabled persons head with a view to controlling the mouse pointer in MS Windows on a PC. If anyone has any information that they could pass on to me I would be eternally gratefull. If you could e-mail me directly it would be a great help. Thanx. Bryan Dollery. From local@kaiwan.com Sat Jun 17 19:16:40 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA00609; Sat, 17 Jun 95 19:16:40 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA17977; Sat, 17 Jun 95 19:16:40 -0700 Received: from relay4.UU.NET (relay4.UU.NET [192.48.96.14]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA01401 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 19:14:29 -0700 Received: from kaiwan.kaiwan.com by relay4.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyupd10712; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 22:16:36 -0400 Received: (from local@localhost) by kaiwan.kaiwan.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA18254; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 14:39:52 -0700 *** KAIWAN Internet Access *** To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: usenet From: Myles.Binford@kaiwan.com Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: !!!!NEED VR INFO!!!!! Date: 17 Jun 1995 21:39:51 GMT Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Lines: 5 Message-Id: <3rvi37$h5q@kaiwan.kaiwan.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: kaiwan128.kaiwan.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Status: RO X-Status: A I have two questions. What is the best software on the market? What are the best HMDs? I am just looking for oppinions. If you want to write and essay about VR, that is fine too. From local@kaiwan.com Sat Jun 17 19:16:43 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA03662; Sat, 17 Jun 95 19:16:43 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA17981; Sat, 17 Jun 95 19:16:43 -0700 Received: from relay4.UU.NET (relay4.UU.NET [192.48.96.14]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA01400 for ; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 19:14:33 -0700 Received: from kaiwan.kaiwan.com by relay4.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyupd10717; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 22:16:40 -0400 Received: (from local@localhost) by kaiwan.kaiwan.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA18515; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 14:49:54 -0700 *** KAIWAN Internet Access *** To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: usenet From: Myles.Binford@kaiwan.com Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: NEED VR INFO!!!!!!! Date: 17 Jun 1995 21:49:54 GMT Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Lines: 5 Message-Id: <3rvim2$hvh@kaiwan.kaiwan.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: kaiwan128.kaiwan.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Status: RO X-Status: I have two questions. What are the best HMDs on the market and what are the best software packages? Please give me all the info you can. Essays are great if you like to write. Tip: Never stick your finger directly in your eye. From news@golden.ncw.net Mon Jun 19 22:32:08 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA30550; Mon, 19 Jun 95 22:32:08 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA15007; Mon, 19 Jun 95 22:32:07 -0700 Received: from relay1.UU.NET (relay1.UU.NET [192.48.96.5]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA12362 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 22:29:56 -0700 Received: from golden.ncw.net by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyuxa09658; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 01:32:16 -0400 Received: by golden.ncw.net (Smail3.1.28.1 #9) id m0sNvnu-0003hKC; Mon, 19 Jun 95 22:24 PDT To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: bing.ncw.net!garwood From: garwood@ncw.net (John Garwood) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: HELP: Domark (vrs2.0) address? Date: 20 Jun 1995 05:24:49 GMT Organization: North Central Washington Network Lines: 14 Message-Id: <3s5m31$69h@golden.ncw.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: bing.ncw.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Status: RO X-Status: A Hello If anybody here knows the address to Domark please tell me. I have virtual reality studio 2.0 and it keeps freezing up on me. I was wondering if anybody knew someone to contact in domark. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I am also looking for an ftp site or a web page on vrs. -- ____ \\\\ \_//// /|\ John Garwood _^_ \ | | garwood@ncw.net (___) \ \ R E A C H I N G \|> L.L.&P. Kap'la / \ \ \ Out through CyberSpace From root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Wed Jun 21 07:47:09 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by saul3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA12732; Wed, 21 Jun 95 07:47:09 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA25450; Wed, 21 Jun 95 07:47:08 -0700 Received: from relay3.UU.NET (relay3.UU.NET [192.48.96.8]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id HAA09709 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 07:44:57 -0700 Received: from mail02.mail.aol.com by relay3.UU.NET with ESMTP id QQyvcd21597; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:46:59 -0400 Received: from newsbf02.news.aol.com by mail02.mail.aol.com with SMTP (1.37.109.11/16.2) id AA047356018; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:46:58 -0400 Received: by newsbf02.news.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA20480; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:46:58 -0400 Posted-Date: 21 Jun 1995 10:46:53 -0400 Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:46:58 -0400 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wallerbug@aol.com (Wallerbug) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: HELP: Software packages Date: 21 Jun 1995 10:46:53 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 23 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-Id: <3s9bct$jvp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: wallerbug@aol.com (Wallerbug) Status: RO X-Status: A If anyone can give me a point in the right direction I would appreciate it. I am working on a course for my MS right now. I need to review some high-end VR software. I need info on the following: Form Z Video Vision Renderman Video for Windows Cyberscene StudioVision DEC Metro Pro Tools Post View Sound Edit 16 Sound Designer II Painter Mostly I am looking for platform requirements and functions of the programs. If you want please e-mail directly to my e-mail account. Thanks!!!! I have something of personal request...I want...a name... From news@dispatch.demon.co.uk Thu Jun 22 05:37:55 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA05318; Thu, 22 Jun 95 05:37:55 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA07902; Thu, 22 Jun 95 05:37:54 -0700 Received: from relay4.UU.NET (relay4.UU.NET [192.48.96.14]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id FAA18469 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 05:35:42 -0700 Received: from disperse.demon.co.uk by relay4.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyvfm00764; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 08:37:41 -0400 Received: from imp.demon.co.uk by disperse.demon.co.uk id aa04251; 22 Jun 95 13:12 +0100 To: sci-virtual-worlds@moderators.uu.net Path: not-for-mail From: Silk the Gamer Newsgroups: alt.uu.virtual-worlds.misc,alt.virtual-adepts,rec.games.misc,rec.games.video.arcade,sci.virtual-worlds,de.rec.games.misc Subject: Virtual World Arcade Game Date: 22 Jun 1995 13:05:10 +0100 Organization: Demon Internet News Service Lines: 11 Sender: news@dispatch.demon.co.uk Message-Id: <3sbm9m$nvp@imp.demon.co.uk> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: greyhawk.demon.co.uk X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Status: RO X-Status: A I heard from a guy I met the other day that there is some fancy multi-player virtual reality arcade game called Virtual World or something like that. Does anyone know anything about it? Where can I play it? Is it in any arcades in the UK? --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- silk@greyhawk.demon.co.uk - Silk The Gamer If you can play it - I can win it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------