From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: DIGEST: Virtual-worlds Info Booth [04.01] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle Status: RO X-Status: Virtual-worlds Info Booth Digest volume 04, number 01 Contents: INFO: FAQ Web Site Address INFO: help on finding virtual reality INFO: The matrix INFO: Zygon learning machines INFO: VRML browser for the Mac? SPECS: SEGA glasses specifications 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 Moderator, sci.virtual-worlds http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/diderot ---------------------------------START OF DIGEST------------------------------ From: Chandra Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: FAQ Web Site Address Date: 29 Dec 1995 19:13:10 GMT Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Nntp-Posting-Host: eiffel.ce.gatech.edu Hello Everybody, Again, could somebody post the address of the sci.virtual-worlds FAQ website. I know this has been posted many times before. I would appreciate if somebody could do it again. Thanks a lot. Regards Chandra [ftp://ftp.hitl.washington.edu/pub/scivw/ There is a series of faqs available: readfirst-faq: Basic sci.virtual-worlds info, like how to post, etc. references-faq: Books and articles to read. education-faq VR schools and research center list. glove-faq: Information on hand manipulation devices, vendors, WWW pages, citations. hmd-faq: Information on visual displays, vendors, WWW pages, citations. -T.E.] --------------------------------------- From: Yan Q Liu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: help on finding virtual reality Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 13:42:23 -0600 Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Is there anyone out there can tell me where I can find a place for playing virtual reality for kids? thanks --------------------------------------- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds From: fractal Subject: INFO: The matrix Sender: news@rose.com (news) Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Message-ID: Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 02:04:23 GMT From: fractal I was interested into creating a VR world/space similar to that of Gibson's matrix using a vrml editor/creator. Any input, any interested, is it possible with a 486's speed? Your input is welcome. fractal --------------------------------------- From: Kenneth Kriel Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: Zygon learning machines Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 20:17:57 +0200 Organization: UniLan Message-ID: <30E82555.642C@unilan.co.za> I can't get connected to Zygon - to more info on the systems avail. Please can somebody tell me how to get there. I tried http:/www.zygon.com/ this tells me that the server does not have a URL entry ? Thank you ! [If you're looking for Zygon's Learning Machine, the URL is: http://zygon.com/ T.E.] --------------------------------------- From: Ian Feldberg Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: VRML browser for the Mac? Date: 4 Jan 1996 19:42:58 GMT Organization: Johns Hopkins / APL Message-Id: <4chak2$lf2@aplinfo.jhuapl.edu> Is there one? Is there a public domain one? - Ian [Yes, however you need to install QuickDraw3D as well: Whurlwind http://product.info.apple.com/qd3d/Panel/page1_3_1.html Power macintosh native Review From: http://www.bos.nl/wag3d/browsers.html Whurlwind 3D Browser & Web Surfer: A PowerPC Macintosh QuickDraw3D VRML browser. Whurlwind is an application for viewing 3DMF and VRML models. Whurlwind relies on QuickDraw 3D for rendering, navigation and URL picking. This first version of Whurlwind allows users to view 3DMF and VRML models from different camera position and to jump to other Web sites (soon released future versions will allow scene navigation, allowing users to cruise around 3D space). Bill Enright and John Louch. Currently Supported Platforms: Macintosh models with QD3D installed Virtus Voyager http://www.virtus.com/voyager.html Review from: http://rosebud.sdsc.edu/SDSC/Partners/vrml/software/browsers.html Alpha Version. Virtus Voyager may be used now as a stand-alone product, and soon as a helper application for other 2-D Net browsers like Netscape or Mosaic. In addition to VRML, Virtus Voyager will be expanded to import Virtus' own proprietary VMDL file format. This will be especially efficient for larger files. Future plans also include incorporation of other 3-D modeling and rendering file formats. Virtus Corporation. Currently Supported Platforms: Macintosh Power Macintosh VRML Equinox, Alpha Release http://www.ipsystems.com/nps/equiinfo.html [NOTE: I have downloaded Equinox a week or so ago, however when I checked the link today it wasn't working.] Review from: http://rosebud.sdsc.edu/SDSC/Partners/vrml/software/browsers.html VRML Equinox supports the full set of the VRML 1.0 specification, using Apple's QuickDraw 3D technology to present realistic rendered environments. VRML Equinox can also communicate with Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator. VRML Equinox can instruct Navigator to retrieve new VRML files. Additionally, VRML Equinox can point Navigator to any Universal Resource Locator (URL), giving VRML Equinox the ability to be the front end to file servers and other information sources. Future plans for VRML Equinox include the support of behaviors and scripts. North Plains Systems Inc. Currently Supported Platforms: Macintosh Power PC T.E] --------------------------------------- From: setera@sparc.isl.net (Craig Setera) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: SPECS: SEGA glasses specifications Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 01:57:19 GMT Organization: Information Superhighways Limited Message-ID: <4ci14f$dol@news.isl.net> Does anybody have any information on the SEGA LCD virtual-reality glasses? I have the information that I found on the Cheap-VR site, but I'm interested in the electrical specifications of the glasses. Any information or pointers appreciated... Thanks, Craig [Virtual Reality Creations has information on the SEGA glasses: http://www.waite.com/waite/books.new/Virtual_Reality_Creations/html/vrccov.html Chapter 2: LCD Shutter Glasses 32 Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) 37 Control and Interface Hardware 47 Control Devices 48 Position Sensing 54 T.E.] ************************************************************ End of Info Booth ************************************************************