From: Ray Pettit Subject: Re: HUMAN-FACTORS: A real, customer conceived VR app Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 11:52:45 -0500 Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19961008165245.006682d4@connecti.com> On Mon, 7 Oct 1996 08:54:11 Ian (mapleson@gamers.org) writes : "You guys (and I basically mean all the 'professionals' posting here) have never really accepted that the *largest* commercial market for VR systems, especially HMDs, is the entertainment market." -Ian I agree that the entertainment industry may be the largest commercial market for HMD's and that there is a lot of money in that industry. - Ray "You might not like that fact, perhaps because entertainment still isn't considered 'serious' in many quarters, but that's the way the real world is. If the route to successful VR lies in cheaper systems, then the entertainment market must be exploited to the full." - Ian I choose to use VR technology for applications and research in areas other than entertainment. Those of us who aren't involved in entertainment are grateful for the money that has been brought into the VR industry and the technological advances that have followed. We all have different interests, and many of us are trying to use VR technology for what we consider to be more practical applications, such as training, simulation, etc. This is nothing against the entertainment industry, BTW, I bought the Nintendo64 and enjoy it; I do take my entertainment "serious." - Ray "...this is your chance to solve many problems at once: ... produce a high quality low cost *proper* stereo HMD ...Who will take up the challenge? Whoever it is, for heaven's sake get a move on ...So where are the HMDs? You guys have yet to deliver..." - Ian Ouch, perhaps you could replace "your" with "our" and "you guys" with "we." If there is adequate demand in the market for a particular product, in most cases someone will produce it. Producing an HMD is a bit more complicated than conquering Doom :) - Ray Regards, Ray Pettit Senior Scientist 5, Inc. (Full Immersion Virtual Environments) pettit@connecti.com