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- From: rji@trellis.cs.nott.ac.uk (Rob Ingram)
- Subject: Re: Virtuality
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.104036.24266@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Sender: news@cs.nott.ac.uk
- Organization: Communications Research Group
- References: <1992Nov19.001024.4063@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 10:40:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.001024.4063@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>, un040367@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:
- |> Did anybody else get to play Virtuality, if so what did you think of it? I mean
- |> the one that is touring various malls now. I got to play it a couple times in
- |> West Virginia and enjoyed myself. The only things that seem to put a damper on
- |> the fun were a few technical problems with the gear (out of focus headgear,
- |> only 3 min. worth of playing time, etc.-which could be easily taken care of
- |> with a little patience on the presenters side).
-
- I think that although the W-Industries blurb says that the HMD's can be
- adjusted for individuals I think that they knew they would never have time
- to properly adjust the optics for each player (especially after cleaning and
- all) and so went more for a confuguration that would work for most people. So
- if you get a badly trained assistant, and add to this the generally pathetic
- quality of HMD display technology you end up with a pretty bad view and probably
- a migraine.
-
- |> It was s nice electronic buzz
- |> for me---oh the radiation I love it! Anybody else know of anyother Virtual
- |> games floating around publicly?
-
- You don't say which you played. W-Industries have a pterodactyl game, which
- seems to be the most widespread in the States, and also a sit down flight sim
- and a fantasy fighting/adventure type game. Maybe others too.
-
-
- Rob.
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