From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu
Subject: DIGEST: Virtual-worlds Info Booth [04.31]
Date: December 13, 1996
Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle



Virtual-worlds Info Booth Digest
volume 04, number 31

Contents:
INFO: cybertem
SPECS: Another choice to make: HMD or new PC?
REFS: THERAPY
INFO: Where's the FAQ

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From: "Anthony" <pmg@telepath.com>
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: INFO: cybertem
Date: 29 Nov 1996 04:39:39 GMT
Organization: Tropo Wizardry
Message-ID: <01bbddaf$21d45740$bdc3e4cd@pmg>


I'm sorry, I just subscribed here.  How can I get ahold of cyberterm?  is
it worth it?

Anthony

[WWW site is:

http://wattle.itd.adelaide.edu.au/~snoswell/ct.html

-T.E.]

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From: Andrew Worley <ALWOR1@MFS07.CC.MONASH.EDU.AU>
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: SPECS: Another choice to make: HMD or new PC?
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 02:41:37 +1100
Organization: Monash University
Message-ID: <32A99031.34A7@MFS07.CC.MONASH.EDU.AU>


I obviously have the money, but which would get me further into VR
(espcially the actual programming side of it, not just commercial
games): an HMD (which one?) or a new PC?? I currently have a 486DX4-100.

Any help much appriciated
Andrew

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From: davey08@aol.com
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: REFS: THERAPY
Date: 10 Dec 1996 04:55:47 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Message-Id: <19961210045500.XAA06146@ladder01.news.aol.com>


What is being done with Virtual Reality Therapy?


[ You might want to take a look at the following WWW sites:

 HIT Lab - Therapeutic Projects
 http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/therapeutic/

 Georgia Tech - Phobia Project - Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
 http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/virtual/Phobia/

 VIRART Group - VR and Autism
 http://quoll.maneng.nott.ac.uk/Research/virart/educn/autism.html

-T.E.]

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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 04:20:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: nfc@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Nathan Frederick Crary)
Subject: INFO: Where's the FAQ
To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net
Message-id: <58qlid$o6s@ruby.ucc.nau.edu>
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ, USA

I reciently discovered your newsgroup on VR 3D glasses and decided that
it would be a good chrismas present to myself.
My problem is that I dont know anything about what I should be
looking for.
It would be nice if I could use them with both my computer and
TV/VCR.
Which one is the best?
I've found two in a Tigersoftware Magazine....The PC 3-D TV...and ...
The VRSurfer, both for about $100.

BUT everyone in the newsgroup is talking about the i-glasses(I think it
was called) and others.

What do I need to know to get started?
The PC 3-D TV talks about a 3d accelerator card, do I need one of these?
What kind of games can I expect to all ready be out there whick can use
these glasses?

Does it really LOOK 3-dimentional?
Whats the advantage of using them with the TV?  
Do any of them come with headphones so I can REALLY be encompased in this?

What is the price of your suggestions, and where can I buy them at the
best price?

I'm a Computer Science Engineer.  What would software cost which will
allow me to write 'stuff' for use with the glasses?

OR you could just tell me where the FAQ page is located, or repost it
to the news group and I could begin with that.

Thanks for the "review".

And thanks for your time.

Nathan.
nfc@dana.ucc.nau.edu

[The FAQ is at:

http://www.hitl.washington.edu/scivw/

-T.E.]

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