From: broehl@ece.uwaterloo.ca (Bernie Roehl) Subject: Re: HOME-BREW: Cybermaxx specs/pinouts? HELP! Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 21:57:40 GMT Message-ID: Organization: University of Waterloo In article , Andrew MacDonald wrote: >I'd like to stop speculations about VictorMaxx and set the record straight. >I was director of software development there, so I have the inside info. Thanks for the info, Andy! >Sorry that I don't have happier news about VictorMaxx. Its demise, and >the death of Virtual i/O means there isn't much consumer HMD work going >on now (is Forte still making the VFX/1?). Forte has apparently filed for Chapter 11, and is hoping to reorganize and get back on its feet with some new hardware. Of course, that's what Virtual i/O was saying until just a few days ago. > I personally don't believe > it will revive until we can sell a good HMD for under $200. Agreed. And that may happen as early as next year, from what some people were saying at the recent Virtual Reality Universe conference. -- Bernie Roehl University of Waterloo Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mail: broehl@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Voice: (519) 888-4567 x 2607 [work] URL: http://sunee.uwaterloo.ca/~broehl/bernie.html