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- From: ckalin@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Christopher Allen Kalin)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk.tech
- Subject: Re: 3d and Obsolete
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 14:33:17 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- Message-ID: <1eg8jdINNsr7@uwm.edu>
- References: <Marcus_Brodeur.03bc@dream.uucp>
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- In article <Marcus_Brodeur.03bc@dream.uucp> Marcus Brodeur writes:
- >A few years back, LC Technologies came out with something called StereoTek
- >for the old Atari ST. I had a pair of these suckers, and they were very
- >interesting.
-
- >Basically, instead of the red-blue nonsense, the lenses of these goggles
- >were composed of a liquid crystal lattice. There were wires connected to
- >each of these lenses separately. I don't remember exactly how these things
- >worked, but it seems to me that the 3D rendering software would prompt the
- >3D goggles through the electronic interface. When the current was flowing
-
- [description of shutter glasses deleted to save bandwidth: see article 1445
- for text]
-
- Sega still sells glasses that work exactly like this, originally designed
- for their failed Master System (remember, the one that came out a month
- BEFORE the NES?). You can still get them, if you look hard enough, for
- about $35. I've got a pair, and after finals, I will be hardwiring them
- into my PC to do 3-D rendering.
-
- Did I mention that I also have the Nintendo PowerGlove (another failed
- product that is PERFECT for low-cost VR on a PC?)
-
- Check the newsgroup SCI.VIRTUAL-WORLDS for a better discussion of all of
- this...
-
- Later....
-
- Chris Kalin
-
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