From: montefus@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (diego montefusco)
Subject: Info's needed
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 10:42:10 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University



Hi!

  I need some information... can anyone help me?

  RB2... it should cost about $250,000 for one person.
	What do you buy with this money? I mean, does it include
	EyePhones (which one, LX or HRX?), DataGlove, the Mac and
	two Silicon Graphics (which model?) and/or what else?

  ProVision... how much does it cost? and again do you buy ONLY the 
	Parallel Computer or the VPL hardware too ?
	And what about the Parallel Computer? I know it contains
	some Transputer and some i860, but nothing else... Which kind
	of rendering does it offer? How fast?

  Exos Dexterous Hand Master... How is it priced? Where is the Exos Inc.
	based?

  CyberGlove...	any info is good (price, which software supports this,
	which technology it uses and so on)... I know only that it is
	produced by Virtex (and where is Virtex located??)

  GeoBall... I suppose it is like the SpaceBall, but I don't even know WHO
	is the manufacturer...Again ANY info is good.

  Virtuality... there is the Feel Glove which provides tactile feedback using
	small air sacks under the tips... Do they use the TELETACT patent?
	I've heard they could have legal troubles from this? Heard anything?

  Commercial systems... I know the RB2, VIRTUALITY, SENSE8 and PROVISION 
	systems... is there anything else available on the market?

  Software... again I know only of RB2 (Body Electric, RB2 Swivel, Isaac), the
	WorldToolkit by Sense8 and the VR_Workbench by SimGraphics Eng.
	Is there any other software commercially available at the moment??

Thanks very much for any help...

			Diego Montefusco


		montefus@hp1.sm.dsi.unimi.it
		University of Milan, Computer Science Dept.