From: Dave Vance <74312.1733@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: TECH: "Reality" in VR
Date: 2 Oct 1995 20:27:13 GMT
Message-ID: <44phv1$coh$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>


From: Dave Vance <74312.1733@CompuServe.COM>

Can someone settle a bet for me?  I'd like to know if current 
processing and storage capabilities support storing and viewing 
3D images of real-life objects in VR.  Or, if not, what is the 
limiting factor?  

Also, can VR glasses be used to play back a 360 degree video?  
I.e., can you use the head-tracking capabilities to view a video 
shot in 360 degrees, in the same way as you could watch a normal 
video shot with a standard FOV on a 2D screen?

Any information would be appreciated by this novice; thanks!

       Dave Vance
       Portsmouth, U.K.

       74312.1733@compuserve.com


J. David Vance        
               -  Configuration Management, Loral Federal Systems