From: "R. Wey" Subject: APPS: VR as Programming Aid Date: 13 Aug 1996 23:52:03 -0700 Message-ID: <4urt2l$g4l@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> Organization: DIINC With the every increasing power of the PC, the ability to provide feasable VR comes closer and closer to the personal desktop. Here's what I'd like to see in addition to the inevitable games that will result. I do a LOT of programming...both for embedded micro-contollers and Windows apps. My programs usually explode into multiple modules (as they should) and at a certain point I find my concentration efficiency falling off because I'm spending more time maintaining visual reference to said modules than time spent actually adding to them. I have somewhat alleviated this problem by employing a program called "VoiceAssist" by Creative Labs. I train it for module switching, prototyping, redundant entry etc....but things could be better. What I'd really like to see from in VR development is a simple (ha ha) extention to the viewing area of the CRT. A set of goggles, obviously. It would be WONDERFUL if I could have a 180 degree (or so) spherical VR display where I could lay out 3 dozen or more pages of software and simply turn my head to look at them. The mouse would still work of course and, idealy, a corneal-reflective targeting subsystem to replace the mouse would be even nicer. Combine this with some vocal recognition and the programming environment would be a whole new, much more efficient world. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. If this already exists you can reply and say "Hey dummy, it already exists". I won't be offended. Email reply prefered. Regards, Robert Wey