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- From: tsullivan@trentu.ca (Tim E. Sullivan)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: TECH: U of I Call for Specification Discussion
- Message-ID: <6NOV199202213693@trentu.ca>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 07:21:00 GMT
- Article-I.D.: trentu.6NOV199202213693
- References: <1992Nov6.034310.4526@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Trent University Computer Services Department
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- Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu
- Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
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- In article <1992Nov6.034310.4526@u.washington.edu>, jlb31348@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J
- im Brain) writes...
- >Maybe this is futile with all the choices and problems, but if anyone is in
- >a position to make a standard, the manufacturers of the device are the best
- >hope. My appeal to this newsgroup is that all readers take an active interest
-
- My personal bias towards programming the PowerGlove would include a
- driver, similar (but not a replacement for) the Mouse driver. I realize that
- this is specific to the MS-DOSesce world, but in this evniroment if woudl
- be ideal. I was actually suprised that some enterprising programm hasn't
- already attempted this (or that a discussion hasn't popped up here at
- least!) I'd do it myself, but time is the enemy, and my PG programming
- experience is fairly limited.
-
- >It would be nice to build a set of commands that would work for more than just
- >the PowerGlove and Sega Glasses. A description that would include the Data Glo
- v
- >e, Polhemus Tracker, and other such things. I doubt the Sega Glaases have
- >a contemporary.
-
- The standard should also be forward thinking, in that it shoudl include
- functions for retrieving XYZ/rot or both the glove AND the HMD, thus
- allowing for easy incorperation and support of future low-cost HMDs (I'd
- say a year or two and they'll be EVERYWHERE... call me an optimist!)
-
- Tim Sullivan
- tsullivan@trentu.ca
- cstes@blaze.trentu.ca
-
- A Disclaimer? Yeah, and people BELIEVE what I write, too...
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- "Virtual Reality has NOTHING on Calvin."
- - Suzy, from Calvin and Hobbes
-