RE:Re: VR helmets?

Number 6 (jmf101@mailer.york.ac.uk)
Tue, 5 Dec 1995 21:00:10 +0000 (GMT)


As to the cost, I'm not exactly sure what specs the Onyx had inside it,
but I think they go at the base level for about $250,000. The visor and
gloves appeared to be totally integested- the gloves acting like a kind
of mouse, but I assume that the software they were using allowed some
kind of defined actions, such as pushing a swing - roll on java...

Unfortunately, this was not being demonstrated online- it was simple
being rsad off a local disk, so the main problem of bandwidth is not
tackled by this.

BCnU

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On Mon, 4 Dec 1995 vcp1@onet.com wrote:

> So how much does a setup like that go for and is it compatible with most
> browsers? Also is that just the helmet, or are gloves possible yet as well?
> It seems the glove would require a wider bandwith connection or a
> timesharing type of hardware like what is used in some of these modems that
> allow you to talk on the phone while simultaneously being online.
>
> Rick Figley
> vcp1@onet.com
>
>


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