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  1. Article: 2789 of comp.graphics.packages.lightwave
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  4. From: syndesis@beta.inc.net (John Foust)
  5. Newsgroups: comp.graphics.packages.lightwave
  6. Subject: Re: 3D walkthroughs?
  7. Date: 18 Feb 1995 17:13:55 GMT
  8. Organization: Syndesis Corporation
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  15. In article <3i34lm$nsu@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>, bonomo@specxn.enet.dec.com () says:
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  18. >Thank you for un-asking the question, which really articulated that which it 
  19. >is I am seeking.  I want to design my dream home, with the ability to do 
  20. >"real-time" wandering around, so as to understand the perspectives, lighting
  21. >and such.
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  23. >Does anyone know of a product which is well-suited to this task?
  24.  
  25. On the Amiga, you can use LightWave's precursor to some extent:
  26. it was called VideoScape, and it had a semi-realtime walk-through
  27. mode, where you "steered" with the number pad keys.  It rendered
  28. quite quickly if you had a simple scene and a fast Amiga.
  29.  
  30. On the Mac, there's a program called Virtus Walkthrough.
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  32. Offhand, I can't think of many inexpensive "walk-through" programs.
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