From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) Subject: Need for low-end vr how-to (sub)hierarchy Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1991 21:36:39 GMT Message-ID: <1991Nov30.213639.6868@menudo.uh.edu> Organization: University of Houston -- Department of Mathematics The power glove mailing list is slowly turning into the "homebrew" VR list. This annoys myself (the maintainer of the list) and many of the users. However, it points out the definite need for a low-end or how-to vr group of some sort. I personally think that powerglove (and other glove) discussion belongs under comp.periphs, but it seems I've brused the egos of several gloveoids by suggesting that gloves are `mere peripherals'. The topics related to VR I can think of off the top of my head that need to have a discussion space: -- under periphs -- power-gloves 3d goggles -- under ?? -- software tools for designing worlds -- already taken care of by an existing group -- rendering techniques: comp.graphics.* for this discussion) how-do-I-do-fast-graphics-on-platform-X: comp.sys..graphics Any suggestions/adds to this list? There are currently well over 300 addresses in the power-glove list. -- J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - Systems Wrangler, UH Dept of Mathematics vox: (713) 749-2126 '91 CB750, DoD# 0378 [MODERATOR'S NOTE: If it's real virtual worlds, we can spin off some newsgroups. (See my earlier note appended to Dave Stampe's request.) If what you're doing is advanced computer graphics, then that's where the new hierarchy should begin. We need some definitions, clearly. Mark De Loura and I will try to help by explaining the constraints on new newsgroup formulation (as we learn them). -- Bob Jacobson]