From: mapleson@cee.hw.ac.uk (Ian CR Mapleson)
Subject: Re: HUMAN-FACTORS: Long term immersion in VR
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 96 12:18 BST



J.P.Wann@RDG.AC.UK (Dr John P. Wann) writes:
> ... This does NOT
> mean that any such devices are around, but it is a warning that we
> should guard against poor quality "back-street" stereo-HMDs flooding
> the games market.

Surely the answer, then, is to come up with a high-quality consumer
HMD for systems like the Nintendo64 and mass-produce the hell out of
the HMD in order to sell it at a low price and prevent bad HMDs from
getting a look-in.

I thought Division were going to market a HMD for <$200 (press release
from about 2 years back) for the N64, but there's been no sign of it
or of a HMD from any other company. They better get a move on! The N64
and M2 are going to create a high demand for such HMDs from kids the
world over.  There are already posts on the game newsgroups from
people wanting to know how they can hack naff PC-based HMDs for use
with the new console systems.

Ian.

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