From: Jerry Isdale Subject: APPS: VR as Programming Aid Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 12:23:09 EDT Message-ID: >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 14:07:50 -0700 >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. > Check out the work by Steve Feiner, Blair McIntyre, et al at http://www.cs.columbia.edu/graphics/projects/wotw/wotw.html They built a see through HMD that provides a full X-windows overlay on the real world. Jerry Isdale Illusion Inc. 2660 Townsgate Rd., Suite 530, Westlake Village, CA 91361-2714 Phone: (805) 371-4530 FAX: (805) 371-4533 Internet: isdale@illusioninc.com