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- From: dstampe@psych.toronto.edu (Dave Stampe)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: INFO?: Afordable VR
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.215747.10614@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 15:00:37 GMT
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- D14YC%CUNYVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu writes:
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- >On the TIME magazine article says that there is a company
- >planing to put 2 486 machine to make a VIRTUAL REALITY more affordable.
- >There is a possibility that individual could have their own VR machine.
- >Does anybody has more information about such equipment?
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- Sounds like the SENSE8 system. This (in the PC version) is two 486/50
- PCs, each with a DVI card for graphics. Cost: about $15000 (?).
- Now, you can get one 486/50 and run REND386 on it. This will give
- you fast graphics, Powerglove and stereo glasses support. It can
- also support HMDs, with a bit of programming on drivers. Big point
- in REND386's favor: it's free!
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- | My life is Hardware, | Dave Stampe |
- | my destiny is Software, | dstampe@psych.toronto.edu |
- | my CPU is Wetware... | dstampe@sunee.uwaterloo.ca |
- | Am I a techno-psychologist, or just an engineer dabbling in psychology?|
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