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From: "Andreas Schildbach" <p7003bj@sun1.lrz-muenchen.de>
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Update on Inexpensive VR Helmet
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 94 01:51:21 +0100
Organization: University of Regensburg, Germany
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"Jeffrey W. Thompson" wrote about "Re: Update on Inexpensive VR Helmet":
> >I noticed that ID was not listed in this article. Ya think that a
> company
> >who in one stroke redefined the work "Virtual Reality", was not
> developing
> >their games to be compatible with these VR Headsets???!!!
>
> I hate to break the news to you but I would hardly say that ID redefined
>
> Virtual Reality. In fact DOOM has very little to do with virtual
> reality.
> Other than the fact that it uses a graphics engine that is almost but
> not quite
> 3D. 2 1/2 D if you will. Not very immersive I would say...
If I were you, I'd jump for blue armour to protect you from
the flames that will hit you from various locations. (-:
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