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- From: ridgwad@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Ridgway)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: TECH: "Virtuality" --- Amiga 3000... Some observations and Questions.
- Keywords: amiga virtuatlity game observations questions
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.203243.11122@leela.cs.orst.edu>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 20:32:43 GMT
- Article-I.D.: leela.1992Aug26.203243.11122
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- In article <1992Aug25.221712.23062@Veritas.COM> geac@uunet.UU.NET writes:
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- > Now some questions:
- >
- > How many of these have been seen? This can't be local to
- >Toronto...
-
- There was supposed to be one in a local science-fair type thing, but noone
- told me until after it was over and I was stuck in a booth all day. Hopefully
- it will return next year.
-
- > I was told that the system was about $80,000. Now the 3000 is
- >about $5000-$10,000 depending on what's required. Is this type of
- >hardware normally that expensive (visor, joypad, etc...) ?
-
- I picked up a magazine called "Virtual Reality special report" that has a
- catalog of VR manufacturers in the back. Most VR stuff is VERY expensive
- and a typical helmet can cost anywhere from $5000 to $25000 depending on
- type and what VR people call "degrees of freedom".
-
- Needless to say $80000 is cheap for virtual reality, I wish I had seen it. :-(
-
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