From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: DIGEST: Virtual-worlds Info Booth [03.32] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle Status: RO X-Status: Virtual-worlds Info Booth Digest volume 03, number 32 Contents: INFO: DIVE - dismounted infantry contract INFO: DIVE - dismounted infantry contract INFO: Low Cost HMD SPECS: Creative Labs 3DBlaster INFO: Stereo 3D Games (What about Virtual Boy?) INFO: POwer glove for pc INFO: sci.virtual-worlds.apps INFO: Virtropolis INFO: Mind Control Gadget?? INFO: Stuntmaster Goggles 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 ---------------------------------START OF DIGEST------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 1995 19:50:10 GMT From: Mike Snow Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: DIVE - dismounted infantry contract Message-ID: <412qti$4ul@solaris.cc.vt.edu> I seem to remember a post to this newsgroup within the last couple of months that dealt with the award of a contract regarding dismounted infantry and virtual environments (the acronym that sticks in my mind is DIVE). I've searched the 'Net and the sci.vw ftp site and can't seem to find it. Does anyone else remember this and/or know where I can find it? Thanks. Mike __ ________ Michael P. Snow \ \ / __ __/ FAX: (703)231-3322 Human-Computer Interaction Lab \ \/ / / / email: msnow@vt.edu ISE Department, Virginia Tech \ / / / phone: (703)231-3193 Blacksburg, VA 24061-0118 \/ /_/ WWW: http://hci.ise.vt.edu/~msnow/ [See DIVE Lab's WWW site: http://www.divelabs.com For information on DIVE Labs' products or services,E-mail: info@divelabs.com, telephone: +1 408-469-1720, or toll free within the United States at 800-4DIVEIN. You can also FAX your request to +1 408-469-1722. Mail address is 2501 Mission Street Santa Cruz CA 95060. -T.E.] --------------------------------------- From: dragon@freud.inst.com (John Null) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: Low Cost HMD Date: 18 Aug 1995 22:20:40 -0500 Organization: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson Ms. Lines: 20 Message-Id: <413la8$8tj@freud.inst.com> content-length: 692 Yes I need Help With building a Lost Cost HMD.. I want to Use A Sega LCd from the Game Gear... But Need to interface or make it accept VGA or NTSC signals to make it work.... HELP Also I am working with my PowerGlove and I took it apart and Got the Flex Sensors and Ultraonsic Transmitter and put it on a new glove.. The ultrasonic loses signal easy and sucks!!.. I want to make it send FM signals and change the recievers to FM.. Has any done this or is it possible.. Help.. If I have not much experience in C, C++ Yet what it the best Vr PC Software for me... I have used Rend386. I heard Vream or Dreamscape.. Which is Better and Were can I get the Demo.. Please respond! --------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 13:11:20 GMT From: Che Rowley Subject: SPECS: Creative Labs 3DBlaster Hi! Anyone got any info (tech spec, pricing, availability etc) of the new Creative Labs 3D graphics accelarator card ? I tried emailing Creative, but they just ignore my posts :) PS I don't mean the 3DO blaster! Che Rowley --------------------------------------- Date: 20 Aug 1995 20:36:44 GMT From: Randy Clarke Subject: INFO: Stereo 3D Games (What about Virtual Boy?) I was digging through the Sunday paper this morning and ran across an add for a new (portable?) game console from Nintendo called 'Virtual Boy'. It looks like a fairly cheesy set of goggles hooked up to a nintendo controller and retails for $159; extra games are about $35. Does anyone have any specs on this unit? Are the goggles stereo or monocular? --------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 02:15:30 -0500 From: celindro vincent t Subject: INFO: POwer glove for pc Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Message-ID: hi i am currently working on a garage vr hand system finally got a hold of a powerglove made by mattel for the nintendo system. I was wondering if anyone had any info on how i could convert the glove for pc use. the software or the code and the instruction for the adapeter i was told that PCVR was a source if anyone could tell me if there are online docs for this or anything that might help me hook up the powerglove to my pc and be able to useit thanks in advance any help is welcome --------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 03:39:59 -0400 From: drake@gate.net Subject: INFO: sci.virtual-worlds.apps Message-Id: <199508250739.DAA89641@tequesta.gate.net> --drake@gate.net wrote: BTW, whatever happened to sci.virtual-worlds.apps?...Shouldn't software discussions more likely go there?...I check both regularly and only ever find messages in sci.virtual-worlds...not apps...any reason why anyone? [sci.virtual-worlds.apps is no longer an active newsgroup. The best source of information regarding this group is the moderator, Bob Jacobson, cyberoid@u.washington.edu. -T.E.] --------------------------------------- From: David Benedetto Subject: INFO: Virtropolis To: Multiple recipients of list VIRTU-L Does anyone have the phone number of Virtropolis? I read in a recent digest but inadvertantly erased it. It dealt with franchises. you may email me at dbenedetto@aol.com or fax at 714-971-4115 thanks. david. --------------------------------------- From: bd225@torfree.net (Yosi Leiba) Subject: INFO: Mind Control Gadget?? Message-ID: Organization: Toronto Free-Net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 21:23:27 GMT I need info... please.... A few weeks ago I saw a gadget on CNN (The News Channel) and they had showed a person that invented a gadget that you put on a finger or two and it's capable or recieving Left, Right, Up, Down etc... joystick commands by THOUGHT alone... You just think the way you want the cursor to go and it goes...! I'm not sure if it uses bio-feedback or what... Does anybody know what I'm talking about and if so...where can I get a gadget like this... Thanks Yosi Yosi_Leiba@nynet.nybe.north-york.on.ca --------------------------------------- From: judas@redbox.newhackcity.net (Judas) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: Stuntmaster Goggles Date: 30 Aug 1995 16:02:04 GMT Organization: The Phoenix Project (H.E.L.L. v.2: The Quest for More Fire) Lines: 17 Message-Id: <42221s$mfb@caesar.ultra.net> Hello, Does anyone have info on the stuntmaster goggles? They are meant for use with nintendo/sega systems but there are mods/hacks floating around out there for use with vga/tv input systems. I took a look at the specs and wasn't too impressed. Obviously this is the cheapest thing on the market (~70-80$), but i don't want to invest in something that I will get sick of and abandon immediately. My goal is to be able to play doom(2) comfortably and without hurting myself. I can'tn say the idea of a monoscopic fresnel-lens device turns me on any. If anybody has any suggestions or stories about these goggles i would love to hear them. Thanks, Andrew Schrock [There is information on the Stuntmaster in our archives, ftp://ftp.hitl.washington.edu/pub/scivw/faq/commercial/VictorMaxx -T.E.] ************************************************************ End of InfoBooth Digest ************************************************************