From: jgb83@uow.edu.au (Glen Justin Balmer)
Subject: Re: TECH: Anyone interface HMD's with DOOM, DESCENT, etc?
Date: 6 Sep 1995 11:12:41 +1000
Message-ID: <42isi9$quq@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au>
Organization: University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.


From jgb83@uow.edu.au (Glen Justin Balmer)

jal18@columbia.edu (Jeffrey A Lew) writes:

>I'm just curious to know if anyone has hacked a HMD to be usable with
>Doom or Descent and the like to be fully virtual reality.  I've heard
>about someone setting up a VR helmet to be used with Doom 2 but I've
>never seen this.  Anybody have more info?

A friend in the VR group at wollongong uni has used his VR helmet with
both DOOM (2) and DESCENT.

The problem with DOOM is that it projects a 2D image, and it looks
hopeless on 3D HMD.

Descent however projects a 3D image on the HMD, and it looks
fantastic.  I have seen descent with a HMD and it is excellent.

Bye
Glen Balmer