From news@Comp.VUW.AC.NZ Thu Apr 27 17:54:02 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA18588; Thu, 27 Apr 95 17:54:02 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA18730; Thu, 27 Apr 95 17:53:56 -0700 Received: from relay2.UU.NET (relay2.UU.NET [192.48.96.7]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA12310 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 17:49:23 -0700 Received: from st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP id QQynip29247; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 20:53:38 -0400 Received: (from news@localhost) by st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz (8.6.11/8.6.9-VUW) id MAA19732; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 12:51:55 +1200 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: empty From: empty@mu.sans.vuw.ac.nz (Malcolm Taylor) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Re: DESIGN: Holodeck feasible? Date: 28 Apr 1995 00:51:55 GMT Organization: SANS, Student Access Network System Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-Id: <3npe7b$ieh@st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz> References: <3nhgjd$k4j@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3nm1r9$som@nntp1.u.washington.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: tao.sans.vuw.ac.nz X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Status: O GenReality (genreality@aol.com) wrote: : : Please excuse my ignorance, but would a holodeck, such as the one in : : the Next Generation Star Trek series, be feasible? Of course, it : : would not be possible for the images to be solid as is the case in the : : show, but would it be possible to have holographic projections in a : : special room, with which a person could interact? Does anyone know : You can probably convince me that someday all of the work we are all doing : will result in holodeck quality 3D graphics without an HMD. And Myron : Krueger may even make it smell right. But, let's not forget that the : Holodeck automatically sucks data out of its users' brains in real-time as : the basis for its models. I'm afraid I haven't heard of any research : contemplated along those lines. Has anyone? I have, at least very simple stuff in that line. I have seen a demonstration of a mouse pointer being moved by thought on a TV program. This however was very unreliable and inaccurate, but it is only the beginning. I have also read of the newest research in neurophysiology which is being done with the help of CT and MRI imaging, this is allowing the areas of the brain used in certain thought processes to be found. Another technique similar to EEG has been used to accurately pinpoint the points in the brain associated with the feeling in each finger. This is only very simple things so far, but it does lay the way open for more complex things in the future. Malcolm Taylor : Arthur Zwern : General Reality Company