From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: DIGEST: Virtual-worlds Info Booth [03.27] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle Status: RO X-Status: Virtual-worlds Info Booth Digest volume 03, number 27 Contents: INFO: VR HMD's ? INFO: VR Re: INFO: HMD's REF: VR Lexicon INFO: HMD INFO: VRML See the Sci.Virtual-Worlds FAQ, posted monthly and available by anonymous ftp (ftp.hitl.washington.edu:/pub/scivw/faq/readfirst-faq), for more details on the organization of this newsgroup. There is also a home page for the ftp site: URL: ftp://ftp.hitl.washington.edu/pub/scivw/WWW/scivw.html This Digest is archived at the sci.virtual-worlds archive site, URL: ftp://ftp.hitl.washington.edu/pub/scivw/Digests/ Toni Emerson Clarence Smith, Jr Moderator, sci.virtual-worlds SysAdmin/Programmer/Mod-Support http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/diderot ---------------------------------START OF DIGEST------------------------------ From: Kryten@FDVA.com (Eldon Bach) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: INFO: VR HMD's ? Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 05:59:14 GMT Organization: FDWL Greetings all! I want to get a HMD for under $1000 US. I've heard a bit about Virtual-IO & CyberMaxx; I seek more opinions... Can some of you elaborate on the pro's & con's of both of these & rate them percentage-wise for performance, immersion-realism, resolution, color, head-tracking, focus field of view (virtual "screen size"), & general comfort of use... & also how new VR games are in both (ie. Mechwarrior2 :). THANKS in advance!!! Regards, -EB Eldon M.F. Bach CAD Technologist email: Kryten@FDVA.com Fluor Daniel Wright Ltd., 1075 West Georgia St., Vancouver , BC, CAN, V6E 4M7 Computer Integrated Engineering , ph:(604) 488-2228 , fax:(604) 488-2014 My WWW HomePage (growing slowly): http://www.geopages.com/SiliconValley/1128/ My comments do NOT necessarily reflect the views of my employer or co-workers --------------------------------------- From: forcer@hntp2.hinet.net (Yo-Yo Bai Su) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: VR Date: 12 Dec 1995 07:28:27 GMT Organization: äÔ¤T Message-Id: <4ajaur$b62@serv.hinet.net> Is there anyone can introduce me to acknowlege the Virtual-Reality? I want to study the original papers about this domain. Also realize the formal definition of Vitual-Reality! Would someone can help? Please mail me in forcer@c2.hinet.net Or yenru@c4.hinet.net --------------------------------------- From: "Trevor R.H. Clarke" Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Re: INFO: HMD's Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 13:56:58 -0500 Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology I've used a few HMD's includeing the I-glasses, Cybermaxx, and VFX. My favorite by far is the VFX. It is very inexpensice and the quality is very good. The only problem I've found is that if you don't look straight into the screens, it can be very disorienting. Well, my 2 cents may not be much, but it may help those trying to decide on an HMD. Trevor R.H. Clarke Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trevor R.H. Clarke Computer Science House Rochester Institute of Technology retrev@mail.csh.rit.edu http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ --------------------------------------- From: eli Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: REF: VR Lexicon Date: 13 Dec 1995 11:24:46 GMT Lines: 4 Message-Id: <4amd5u$f4v@news.cict.fr> Is there any dictionary, lexicon ... on Cyberspace and virtual worlds (English, French or multi-lingual) ? [CyberEdge Electric has a Virtual Lexicon http://www.cyberedge.com/4a1.html Joe Psotka and Sharon Davidson's Virtual Reality Terms: http://198.97.199.60/vrterms.html In Print: Latham, R. (1995). The Dictionary of Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality. Springer-Verlag. -T.E.] --------------------------------------- From: animaniac0@aol.com (Animaniac0) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: HMD Date: 13 Dec 1995 04:44:56 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-Id: <4am7ao$42l@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: animaniac0@aol.com (Animaniac0) I'm really interested in getting a hmd, I just don't know what's out there, and what's good. I'd like to spend under $500, any sugestions? thanks, Todd Animaniac0@aol.com --------------------------------------- From: marving@iconz.co.nz (Marvin Gonzales) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: VRML Date: 17 Dec 1995 20:57:07 GMT Organization: Internet Company of New Zealand Message-ID: <4b2073$enc@status.gen.nz> I want to learn. Is there a browser and editor for it, as well as a guide? _ ____ _ _ . . _ _ / ___) _/|\_/|\_O_ | | DipSci Auckland Uni _ / /__ ___ ___ ___ __| |__ __ "Science without religion _ /___ |' _ \/ _ \/ _ \/ _ |\ \/ / is lame,religion without _ ____/ /| |_|| __/ __/ |_| | \ / science is blind." _ (_____/ | ___/\___|\___|\____| | | Albert Einstein(1879-1955) |_| Vict Gonzales /_/ http://iconz.co.nz/~marving