From hitchner@netcom.com Wed Apr 19 10:18:41 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA15132; Wed, 19 Apr 95 10:18:41 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA16373; Wed, 19 Apr 95 10:18:39 -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 KAA27631 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:14:11 -0700 Received: from netcom3.netcom.com by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP id QQymdx11429; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:18:32 -0400 Received: by netcom3.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id KAA15987; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:18:17 -0700 Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: hitchner From: hitchner@netcom.com (Lew Hitchner) Subject: Re: MISC: VR and Windows NT 3.5 Message-Id: Organization: Independent VR Consultant X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3m6lpq$n6i@nntp3.u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 17:18:15 GMT Lines: 93 Apparently-To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Status: OR On 8 Apr 1995 18:48:26 GMT Joseph G. Olson (sysop@virtual-tavern.ip.holonet.net) wrote: : Ok, : I know that most of this new science is being done on 'high-powered' : systems like SGI's , Suns and HP's - but... : Some of us out there have some pretty souped up P5-100's running NT : and want to play in this new relam... can anyone give me a hand? : Warm Regards, : Joseph Olson : Virtual Tavern Communications : sysop@virtual-tavern.com : sysop@pslip041.nrc-ny.ids.net (live smtp) If you are willing to pay for your VR software and buy a commercial system, there are several excellent candidates. The three industry leaders for PC based, higher end systems are: Sense8 Corp.'s World Toolkit (WTK) -- a software developer's toolkit (but see new product to be previewed at San Jose Meckler conference and announced at SIGGRAPH) Sense8 Corporation 100 Shoreline Highway, Suite 282 Mill Valley, CA 94965 USA Tel: +1 415-331-6318 Fax: +1 415-331-9148 Mark kettering, Vice President, Sales & Marketing email: mketteri@sense8.com cost: US$795 for the Windows 3.1 or Windows NT version Autodesk's CDK release 2 (Cyberware developer's Kit) -- programmer's toolkit (C++ class library, requires C++ development system) with a sample ready-to-run walk-through application Autodesk, Inc. 2320 Marinship Way Sausalito, CA 94965 USA Info and location of nearest Autodesk authorized dealer Tel: +1 800 879-4233 - U.S.A. Fax: +1 41-22-788-2144 - Europe Fax: +1 415 491-8398 - Asia/Pacific Fax: +1 415 491-8303 - Latin America Fax: +1 415 491-8311 - other outside U.S.A. and Canada Compuserve: GO ADESK cost: US$1,995 -- available for all versions of Windows Superscape VRT -- a non-programmer's virtual world editor and runtime system with software developer's toolkit optional (extra cost) Superscape, Ltd. Zephyr One, Calleva Park Aldermaston, Berkshire England RG7 4QZ Tel: +44 734-810077 Fax: +44 734-816940 contact: Andrew Tait, Sales Director U.S. Sales Office: Superscape, Inc. 2479 E. Bayshore Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Tel: 415-812-9380 Fax: 415-812-9390 cost: 3,450 GB pounds stlg. (~ US$5,400) -- I believe this is for a DOS version, not sure if Windows version available yet Other low cost (and lower performance) systems are available from vendors such as: Straylight Corp. (PhotoVR) Virtus (Virtus Walkthrough et al) VREAM (VREAM VR Development System) For further information about commercial VR software products please see our home page that describes a commercial business report and buyer's guide (i.e., not free) called 'Virtual Software' and the monthly industry newsletter VR NEWS at the URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hi/hitchner/vrnews.html -- Lew Hitchner 500 W. Middlefield Rd. #34 Consultant, Lecturer, and Editor, Mountain View, CA 94043 Virtual Software and the VR NEWS email: hitchner@netcom.com URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hi/hitchner/hitchner.html