From: pari@iastate.edu (Pari Natarajan)
Subject: Re: TECH: Walking in VR?- Virtual Perambulator
Date: 15 Jun 1996 20:58:02 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA




Hi guys,

	Have anyone used the virtual perambulator ?. I read a paper
about it in the proceeding of Annual virtual reality international
symposium(IEEE). Just want to know how comfortable using Virtual
Perambulator?.

Those who don't know about virtual perambulator, its a virtual walking
device in which the user wears a omni-dircetional sliding device on
the feet, which generates feel of walking while the position of the
walker is limited. A hoop is set around the walker's waist by which
the position of the walker is limited. The walker can frrely change
the direction of walking in the hoop. Scene of virtual space is
displayed in a head-mounted display corresponding with the motion of
the feet and the head.

 Virtual PerAmbulator was displayed in SIGGRAPH'95.

regards
Pari
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