From: "Bruce Cohen;;50-662;LP=A;" Subject: Re: VR Sensual Feedback Date: 16 Jan 91 19:54:56 GMT Organization: Tektronix Inc. In article <1991Jan16.015925.24590@agate.berkeley.edu> latta@sting.Berkeley.EDU (Craig R. Latta) writes: > > p.s. As long as we cannot eat in cyberspace, I think the whole idea is a > bit overrated. > Ah, but we can. Use real food, and have the virtual environment replace the visual and/or tactile sensations of the food with something different, if you really want exotic food. Just like allowing you to pick up a priceless Ming vase by having a cheap East Asian copy on the table and overlaying it with a image of the Ming. Oh, you wanted to change the taste of the food too? Wait for release 2. But be sure you get the bug-free version; you might not like the overtone of diesel-flavored tunafish that the gustatory simulation software adds to the caviar ;-). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Speaker-to-managers, aka Bruce Cohen, Computer Research Lab email: brucec@tekchips.labs.tek.com Tektronix Laboratories, Tektronix, Inc. phone: (503)627-5241 M/S 50-662, P.O. Box 500, Beaverton, OR 97077