From mcallaham@isc.ota.gov Wed Feb 22 08:55:01 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA28216; Wed, 22 Feb 95 08:55:01 -0800 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA13666; Wed, 22 Feb 95 08:54:53 -0800 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA23487; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 08:50:45 -0800 Received: from mailserver.ota.gov by ota.ota.gov with SMTP (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA20335; Wed, 22 Feb 95 11:53:27 -0500 Received: by mailserver.ota.gov with Microsoft Mail id <2F4B97EB@mailserver.ota.gov>; Wed, 22 Feb 95 12:00:43 PST From: Michael Callaham To: "sci.v-w" Subject: EPUB: Virtual Reality and Technologies for Combat Simulation Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 11:56:00 PST Message-Id: <2F4B97EB@mailserver.ota.gov> Encoding: 25 TEXT X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Status: OR The congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) has released an HTML version of its background paper, Virtual Reality and Technologies for Combat Simulation. The paper describes uses of synthetic-environment technologies for simulating combat. It traces technology development from the 1929 Link Trainer through the SAGE air defense system, the first head-mounted display, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's SIMNET simulator networking project. The HTML version consists of 20 HTML files and five image files. The recommended starting point is URL ftp://otabbs.ota.gov/pub/vr.military/hypertext/contents.htm . The HTML pages contain hypertext links to the ASCII text of the paper, which is in URL ftp://otabbs.ota.gov/pub/vr.military/ as announced in sci.virtual-worlds on 7 October 1994. Printed copies are available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. For ordering information, see URL ftp://otabbs.ota.gov/pub/vr.military/02order.info.txt . Michael B. Callaham Senior Analyst U.S. Congress (OTA/ISS) mcallaham@ota.gov