From: bluefire@well.com (Bob Jacobson)
Subject: Re: HUMAN-FACTORS: Immersion Studies
Date: 8 Oct 1996 04:54:31 GMT
Message-ID: <53cmq7$h53@filth.well.com>
Organization: The Well, San Francisco, CA



Ed Lantz makes good points about using the right tools for the right
solution.

Note that the one uncontestedly successful use of "VR," for flight
simulation, replaces the impossibly expensive and yet common need for
simulated flight of aircraft.  If the basic requirement is
sufficiently costly, VR as a replacement or enabling technology
becomes feasible.

Mind you, there are substantial development costs in these narrow-
market applications (which is what killed Worldesign, not free demos
-- thought those helped!).  No one wants to pick these up: not the
chip makers, the workstation vendors, or the end users.

Bob
bluefire@well.com (Bob Jacobson)
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