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BattleTech VR Mailing List

"Fan" page dedicated to, but not sponsored by, the VR games "BattleTech" and "Red Planet" put out by Virtual World Entertainment. Run by Norman "Beaver-1" Choe and Charlotte "Freya" Henkle, the list offers pilots hints, tips, rumors and stories with pilots around the world, including the international Virtual World sites in Japan and Australia. Representatives from VWE are present on the list, though not in any official fashion. For subscription information, send email to btech- request@world.std.com, and an automated reply will be sent to you.

To receive a copy of the FAQ (one is sent when joining the list), send the words "info btech" in the body of a message to "majordomo@world.std.com". The FAQ is also available online by ftp and www. http://http.bsd.uchicago.edu/~c-henkle/faq3-0.html

http://http.bsd.uchicago.edu/~c-henkle/html/btech.html


CBNVEE at mcmuse.mc.maricopa.edu

Subject: Building Educational Environments Using Networked Virtual Reality Software.

Purpose: A place for those building educational environments using networked virtual reality software such as MUSE, TinyMUSH and Moo to pool knowledge and discuss issues. E-mail subscription request to cbnvee@mcmuse.mc.maricopa.edu with an informal message to subscribe.


Distributed Interactive Simulation Protocol and NPS software implementation, DIS-List: E-mail subscription request to dis-maint@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil . The Distributed VR Mailing List:
Maintained by Eric Van Hensbergen.
Discussion of issues involved with distributed virtual reality environments. Topics include architecture, protocol, file formats, standards, permissions, and other design details. Send e-mail to distributed-vr-request@mail.csh.rit.edu with the subject: subscribe The FAQ URL is http://www.csh.rit.edu/~airwick/FAQ.txt Hypermail archive is available at http://www.csh.rit.edu/~airwick/hyper.html


DIVE Mailing List

A list for users of the DIVE VR system. The list is called "divers@sics.se. Mail sent to this address will be sent to all members. To subscribe to this list send e-mail to majordomo@sics.se with "subscribe divers" in the body of the message.


Glove List

The glove-list was created in 1991 to provide a rapid communication channel to hackers adapting the Power Glove for use in low-cost VR systems. J. Eric Townsend, jet@well.sf.ca.us, was the administrator for this list. The actual PowerGlove Mailing list is nonactive. To quote the administrator, "The PowerGlove mailing list is dead. (It fell on its head)." However, there is a great HTML doc available on the WWW: http://www.spies.com/jet/VR/faq-0.3.html


Haptics List

This purpose of the list is to create a forum for research discussion, questions, etc. as well as to provide information on the latest applications, devices, software, etc

To subscribe to the list, send a message to majordomo@asel.udel.edu with SUBSCRIBE HAPTICS in the body. The Subject: will be ignored. Upon subscription, you will receive more information about the list, and how to obtain information on list operation.

If there are any problems, please send a message to haptics-approval@asel.udel.edu or myself at j.p.fritz@ieee.org


Homebrew-vr

Non-commercial list server for those interested in "low-cost" virtual reality devices. To join, send e-mail: homebrew-vr-request@acm.uiuc.edu with subject of "subscribe." The Homebrew guys have an excellent FAQ on the WWW:http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/homebrew/faq.html


Immersion Quest

Not exactly a mailing list, but I didn't have anywhere else to put it. Part of Howard Rheingold's www.minds.com site, this "conversation" is with the wise and funny Linda Jacobson (Silicon Graphics very own VR guru). You'll hear about events and occurrences relevant to virtual reality, "experiential computing," and immersive technologies and applications. To get there, http://www.minds.com and click on "Conversations". Linda's "Immersion Quest" is listed under "Edge Tech Conversations".


Iris On-Line:

This is a mailing list based on the SGI monthly news magazine. The types of articles published are: SGI press releases, SGI and related product announcements, technical articles, training course schedules and general information regarding SGI products and services. To subscribe, E-mail: listmanager@sgi.com and put the message "subscribe nyn-emag". You can also subscribe at: http://www.sgi.com/Technology/Publications/iris_on_line_sub.html


PowerGlove Serial Interface (PGSI) Send mail to pgsi@uiuc.edu


RenderWare List ftp site ftp.canon.co.uk A mailing list for information about RenderWare If you want to join the list send mail to listproc@canon.co.uk with the first line: "subscribe RW-LIST <Full Name>".


VeRGe-Events

To subscribe to the VeRGe-Events mailing list, send a message to: verge-events-request@cyberworks.com with the message: "subscribe verge-events" in the body of the message.


VIRTPSY - Virtual Reality Psychology

VIRTPSY is open to researchers, practitioners, and students of psychology who are interested in the social contracts and interactions within the enviroments known as Virtual Reality. It shall explore the impacts of both text and graphic based enviroments on these new avenues of interpersonal relations. VIRTPSY is available by free subscription. To subscribe, send an email message to: LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU No subject heading is needed. In the BODY of the message write the following: SUBSCRIBE VIRTPSY First Name Last Name


VIRTU-L

The Mailing List, sci.virtual-worlds is bounced off a BITNET site, UIUCVMD at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. To sign on this list, send a mail message to listserv@listserv.uiuc.edu or listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu

The body of the message should read: . Put your full name as a replacement for , of course. Greg Newby is the administrator for virtu-l. To post messages send to: virtu-l@listserv.uiuc.edu or virtu-l@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu Any questions about the list should be directed to him at: gbnewby@uiuc.edu.

vworlds-list

VWorlds Mailing List

The vworlds-list is an unmoderated list with the charter to discuss the aesthetic and artistic aspects of virtual worlds freed from technical constraints. To subscribe, send mail to vworlds-list-request@netcom.com for instructions. List Owner: Kevin Goldsmith, email: kevin@unitcircle.org.

Vworlds-biz Mail List

The list includes topics about any virtual world business from text-based muds to 3D Quake-like worlds, to full body-armor VR. To subscribe regular list, send mail to: vworlds-biz-request@lists.best.com with this in the body: subsingle OR subsingle youraccount@youraddress

subscribe digest, send mail to: vworlds-biz-request@lists.best.com with this in the body: subscribe OR subscribe youraccount@youraddress


VRML Mailing List, http://vag,vrml.org
To join the VRML standards discussion, please subscribe to the www-vrml mailing list. Send mail to: www-vrml-request@vag.vrml.org. With a single word in the message body, "subscribe".

VRML Lists at SDSC, http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/mailing.html vrml-behaviors@sdsc.edu
Technical discussion on describing behaviors within VRML. Topics include how to add interaction and animation behaviors to VRML, scripting language issues, implementation details, and so forth Unmoderated.

vrml-modeling@sdsc.edu
Technical discussion on geometry description issues in VRML. Topics include features of current and proposed geometric primitives, import/export tools, compatibility with existing systems, implementation details, performance issues, cross-platform issues, and so forth. Unmoderated.

vrml-vis@sdsc.edu
Technical discussion on the use of VRML in visualization. Topics include problems with the current VRML specification, suggestions for future VRML features, and design of a standard prototype set for visualization applications. Unmoderated


VR Net

Mailing List for VR Professionals. Posting address: vr-net@mtn.org Administrative Address: vrpa@mtn.org (VR Professional Association)


WTK - World ToolKit SIG

If you would like to join, send email to sig-wtk-request@artemis.arc.nasa.gov with in the body of the message the text "subscribe". Maintained by NASA Ames Research Center, to submit postings email: sig-wtk@artemis.arc.nasa.gov.

Newsgroups, FAQS, etc:

Newsgroups:
sci.virtual-worlds
comp.simulation
comp.graphics.animation
comp.graphics.misc

VRML
comp.lang.vrml
alt.lang.vrml
vrml.sgi.com/sgi.cosmoplayer
VRML Forum of www-vrml mailing list


FAQs
comp.graphics.misc FAQ
PC 3D Graphics Accelerators FAQ by Blair MacIntyre
PowerGlove FAQ new and improved by J. Eric Townsend.
PGSI FAQ
Sci.virtual-worlds FAQS:
ScienceSpace FAQ --Project ScienceSpace is an ongoing series of controlled experiments to assess the potential impact of Virtual Reality in science education. The Virtual Physics Lab is the precursor to Project ScienceSpace.
VRML FAQ

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