From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Subject: DIGEST: Virtual-worlds Info Booth [01.09] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle ############################################ ### Virtual-worlds Info Booth Digest ### ### volume 01, number 09 ### ############################################ Contents: EDUC: Interested in VR study/work opportunities. EDUC: VR graduate studies in Australia? INFO: SEGA's glasses available?? INFO: Looking for VR game P. Attack in Chicago area REFS: Real time chat systems info needed REFS: UNC-CH Treadmill SPECS: PowerGlove for IBM-PC SPECS: VR rendering software SPECS: 3d glasses - matell Re: REFS: Intro to VR? Re: SPECS: Low cost HMD's Re: WHO: Michael Snoswell's email address See the Sci.Virtual-Worlds Meta-FAQ, posted monthly and available by anonymous ftp (ftp.u.washington.edu: /pub/virtual-worlds/Meta-FAQ), for more details on digests and suggestions on how to read them. _^_ Toni Emerson, Mike "Squish" Almquist, Aaron Pulkka, et al. <(===)> \|/ HITL Sci.Virtual-Worlds Moderating Group H Fluke Hall FJ-15, U of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195 == cut here ==== cut here ==== cut here ==== cut here ==== cut here == From jspickes@CAP.GWU.EDU Tue Nov 30 20:09:26 1993 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 00:36:48 -0500 Reply-To: John Spickes From: John Spickes Subject: EDUC: Interested in VR study/work opportunities. I'm interested in working with VR for experience while in college. Does anyone know of research projects or other projects that I might be able to get involved with? Please reply via e-mail. Will re-post replies if requested. --John John Spickes -- jspickes@cap.gwu.edu -- Chesapeake Bch, MD USA Senior -- Northern High School in Owings, MD USA --------- From jobie00@dmi.usherb.ca Tue Nov 30 20:09:42 1993 Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds From: Eric Jobidon Subject: EDUC: VR graduate studies in Australia? Message-Id: Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 06:51:08 GMT Hello All! I am a CS student in Canada and am interested in a graduate degree in VR. I know of a few places in USA that do offer such a program but are there any such Universities in Australia that that have a graduate program in VR? Does anyone have such information, or could anyone guide to where I could find it? Please respond to jobie00@DMI.USherb.CA Thank you in advance for your help! --------- From x89olarte1@gw.wmich.edu Tue Nov 23 09:32:33 1993 Message-Id: <9311181737.AA18471@gw.wmich.edu> Received: from piglet.dnet; by gw.dnet; Thu, 18 Nov 93 12:37:19 EST Date: Thu, 18 Nov 93 12:37:19 EST Path: wmichgw!x89olarte1 From: x89olarte1@gw.wmich.edu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INFO: SEGA's glasses available?? Message-ID: <1993Nov18.123706.12726@gw.wmich.edu> Organization: Western Michigan University I know this question has been probably asked more than a 1000 times. Does anyone know if SEGA's glasses are still available? Thanks a lot. Enrique --------- From schwarz@cybernet.cse.fau.edu Tue Nov 30 20:09:01 1993 Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: news From: michael schwarz Subject: INFO: Looking for VR game P. Attack in Chicago area Message-Id: Sender: news@cybernet.cse.fau.edu Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 19:43:58 GMT Apparently-To: uunet!sci-virtual-worlds I am looking for Pteradactyl(sp?) attack. The VR game that is on tour though the country. Does anybody know when it will be in Chicago. I have a friend (non-computer type) has been asking about VR, and I want to show him a VR game. Please respond to schwarz@a-k.boston.ma.us, as the system I can read this group/mail is a very busy system, and I have a hard time gaining access. (If is the first time in a month) Mike Schwarz --------- From rarchee@extro.ucc.su.oz.au Tue Nov 30 20:10:03 1993 Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU!rarchee From: Ray Archee Subject: REFS: Real time chat systems info needed Message-Id: Sender: news@ucc.su.oz.au Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au Organization: Information Services, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 00:01:37 GMT Hullo, I am researching real time "chat" systems world-wide and would like any information which pertains to any service provider that has a section devoted to chatting. I am aware of Internet Relay Chat, and the Bitnet Relay, but am also told that many other services providers (eg Compuserve) have such systems installed. I am interested in the history, the cost, the availability, the number of users, etc of such services as Prodigy, GEnie, Delphi, America Online and local BBS's as well. I would also like to try to get a login on these services but do not think that many of them offer this from Australia. Many thanks Ray Archee Univ of Western Sydney, Nepean AUSTRALIA [There is an RFC Document (available via anonymous ftp at nic.ddn.mil) in the directory rfc/rfc. The RFC # is 1459, Internet Relay Chat Protocol. Groups/Lists that might be able to give you more robust information-- (This excerpt is from The Internet Directory by Eric Braun, 1993, New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine.) Chapter 1: Mailing Lists operlist: For discussions on Internet Relay Chat, especially on irc routing, the irc protocol, and announcements of new versions of irc clients and servers. contact: operlist-request@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) RXIRC-L: About the Internet Relay Chat client for VM/CMS. contact: carl.von.loesch@arbi.infomatik.uni-oldenbrug.de (Carl von Loesch) email listserv@vmtecqro.qro.itemsm.mx body = SUBSCRIBE RXIRC-L first-name last-name] Chapter 2: Usenet Groups alt.internet.irc Internet Relay Caht material .ircii Internet Relay Chat .lamers see alt.hi.are.you.cute .recovery recovering from Internet Relay Chat abuse -T.E.] --------- From dbn%rtifs2@rtifs2.rti.org Tue Nov 30 20:12:18 1993 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 16:58:58 -0500 Reply-To: Daniel Nissman From: Daniel Nissman Subject: REFS: UNC-CH Treadmill Does anyone know of a reference which describes the treadmill outfitted with handlebars which was built/modified at UNC-Chapel Hill? Thanks, Daniel Nissman dbn@rti.rti.org [See the citations below: Brooks, Jr. , F.P. (1986). Walkthrough--A Dynamic Graphics System for Simulation Virtual Buildings. In S. Pizer and F. Crow (Eds.) Proceedings of 1986 Workshop on Interactive 3D Graphics . (pp. 271- 281). New York, NY: ACM. Brooks, Jr., F.P. , Airey, J., Alspaugh, J. et. al. (1992). Six Generations of Building Walkthrough: Final Technical Report to the National Science Foundation. UNC Technical Report TR92-027. [available electronically via Internet by emailing netlib@cs.unc.edu and send the request "get 92-026.rtf from techreports"]. Chapel Hill, NC: Dept. of Computer Science, University of North Carolina. For more information, email Linda Houseman at houseman@cs.unc.edu. -T.E.] --------- From Tue Nov 30 20:08:15 1993 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 09:35:30 GMT-3 Reply-To: CRACKY Subject: SPECS: PowerGlove for IBM-PC From: CRACKY Organization: NCE/UFRJ Hi, Folks, I started my studies in VR with Virtual Reality and Education, (I took the list pointed by Veronica) and works with CSCW and groupware. Our job here at UFRJ is concerned in training at distance, (CBT). I'm writing an article called "Artificial Enviroments" and I'm reading a lot too. As I live in the end of the world, we are not used to retrieve recent informations, so I apologize my lack of knowledge about it all. I'd like to know if is there a PowerGlove (is it?) avaiable for IBM-PC. How can I get the circuitry? Why this device is not used today ? It doesn't work properly ? Thanks. Cracky. cracky@ipanema.nce.ufrj.br [I'd check the Powerglove archives, below is an excerpt from the Glove-List FAQ posted automatically on sci.v-w and Glove-List the 1st and 15th of every month. OBTAINING ARCHIVES ------------------ There is an email-based archive system with the listserv. To obtain the list of current files and a readme, send email to listserv@boxer.nas.nasa.gov with a body of get glove README -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ftp site: sunee.uwaterloo.ca ./pub/glove/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- read.me file excerpt: This is the new version that (on the PC) works off of timer interrupts. It also does auto-calibration of the delay loops. objglv.exe is Mark Pflagging's latest glove code. It's a self-extracting zip file; you should give it the -d option, since it creates subdirectories. glove.h contains a number of general-purpose structs, defines and prototypes for accessing the glove glove.c contains the routines for accessing the glove on the PC test.c contains a very simple demo that just reports (in text mode) the values read from the glove glovgraf.c contains a (slightly) fancier demo that moves a rectangle around the screen as the glove moves makefile is useful for building test.exe and glovgraf.exe -=-=--==-=-=-=--=-=-=-=- ftp site: ccu.umanitoba.ca ./pub/VirtualReality/pgsi.doc -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Brain, Jim. UIUC Student Chapter of the ACM. _All you ever wanted to know about the Power Glove Serial Interface_. Posting of January, 1993 on sci.virtual-worlds, includes PGSI order form. -=-=-=-=-= Current citation: -=-=-=-=-=- Gross, B. and Brain, J. (1993). Limbo Champion in the Low Cost VR Competition: The Power Glove Serial Interface. In Proceedings of IEEE 1993 Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, VRAIS '93 (pp.169-175 ). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Service Center. -T.E.] --------- From Tue Nov 30 20:11:15 1993 Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: hend4830 From: Richard Henderson u Subject: SPECS: VR rendering software X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] Message-Id: Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 05:44:28 GMT Apparently-To: sci-virtual-worlds@watmath.uwaterloo.ca Has anyone had any experience with the REND386 virtual world rendering software? I am intending to purchase in the next few days and would like to here others opinions. Also, how well does the use of the Power Glove and Sega Shutter glasses work with them ( or any other home system for that matter)? I would really appreciated anyone helping me out in my first major jaunt into the world of vr rendering... 'I've never created a world before... :-) ' Rick -=Stormshadow=- [There are also a couple lists that you might want to post a similar info request to, below is an excerpt of the relevant information from our Meta-FAQ. ### 3.2.2 Glove-list ################ The glove-list was created in 1991 to provide a rapid communication channel to hackers adapting the Power Glove for use in low-cost VR systems. J. Eric Townsend is the administrator for this list, but should be contacted directly ONLY if you experience problems with the automated system. To subscribe to the glove-list, send e-mail to the automated list server , with the following text in the body of the message: subscribe glove-list Your Full Name (you will be subscribed with the address you send the e-mail from). For more information, consult the Glove-list FAQ in the HITL Knowledge Base: /public/virtual-worlds/faq/other/FAQ_glovelist. ### 3.2.3 Rend386 ################### There are currently two mailing lists related to rend386: one for announcements, and one for discussion. If you encounter trouble using the automated server, you may contact the administrators at . To get the complete instructions on subscribing, send e-mail to . To simply subscribe to either list, send e-mail to the automated list server , with either or both of the following lines in the body of the message: subscribe rend386-announce subscribe rend386-discuss ### 4.2 Technical ################ ### PowerGlove: Gesture recognition device developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Abrahms/Gentile Entertainment and licensed to Mattel Toys (out of production). Magnitude of finger flexation is determined by measuring the change in resistance of a piezioelectric strip in each finger. Position and orientation of the hand are measured by built-in ultrasonic sensors. ### REND 386: A real-time polygon renderer for Intel 386s and up. Used in combination with a 3d display device, such as Shutter Glasses, and a 3d input device, such as the PowerGlove, hackers can create virtual environments at home. ### Shutter Glasses: Liquid crystal glasses which cover each eye alternatively, in sync with the alternating display of images for each eye, produce a 3d effect. -T.E.] --------- From Tue Nov 30 20:12:04 1993 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: u1.uibk.ac.at!c72449 From: Thomas Michlmayr Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: SPECS: 3d glasses - matell Date: 29 Nov 1993 18:43:21 GMT Organization: University of Innsbruck Message-Id: <2ddfs9$puo@news.uibk.ac.at> where can i get 3d glasses (matell)? how much are they? how many x and y pixels? what else do you know? --------- From cph@dmu.ac.uk Tue Nov 30 20:08:33 1993 Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: cph From: Chris Hand Subject: Re: REFS: Intro to VR? Message-Id: <1993Nov25.104330.13266@dmu.ac.uk> Organization: De Montfort University, Leicester, UK References: <2d0r7r$gha@news.u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 10:43:30 GMT scivw@hitl.washington.edu wrote: : From: mdspre@vmsa.technion.ac.il : Subject: REFS: Intro to VR? : Organization: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology : Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1993 21:06:38 GMT : Would anyone care to recommend a few books or articles [TE's long list deleted] As an introduction I would say this takes some beating (and it wasn't in the list): Aukstakalnis and Blatner (Steve and David?) "Silicon Mirage: The Art and Science of Virtual Reality", Peachpit Press, 1992 I recommend either this or Pimentel & Texeira to my students. Chris -- Chris Hand, Lecturer | Dept of Computing Science, Internet e-mail: cph@dmu.ac.uk | De Montfort University, The Gatewa R eality is 80 Million polygons/second | LEICESTER, UK LE1 9BH WWW: cph [Aukstakalnis, S. and Blatner, D. (1992). Silicon Mirage: The Art & Science of Virtual Reality. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. Sorry for the exclusion. -T.E.] --------- From Tue Nov 30 20:10:19 1993 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 93 02:23:45 +0100 Return-Path: Message-Id: <9311280123.AA19698@imiucca.csi.unimi.it> From: Diego Montefusco X-Sender: montefus@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Unverified) Subject: Re: SPECS: Low cost HMD's >Does anyone have any information on low cost HMD's? I am not quite >familliar with the pricing (Ive seen upwards of 80k$). Is there anything >available in the 1k$-5k$ price range? 320x200 stereo is somewhere where >im looking. Feel free to flame me if my estimates are way off! ;-) > There's also the new PID Model 1 from VRI which sells for something less than $5K. Virtual Reality Inc. 485 Washington Avenue Pleasantville, NY 10570 USA Tel: (914) 769-0900 Fax: (914) 769-7106 Diego ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Diego Montefusco | Universita' di Milano | | Via Lepontina, 9 | Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione | | 20159 Milano | | | Italia | montefus@dsi.unimi.it | | Tel: +39 2 6072216 | Mai dire (or)mai | ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- From montefus@dsi.unimi.it Tue Nov 30 20:10:35 1993 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 93 02:23:55 +0100 Return-Path: Message-Id: <9311280123.AA19700@imiucca.csi.unimi.it> To: scivw@hitl.washington.edu From: Diego Montefusco Subject: Re: WHO: Michael Snoswell's email address >Sorry for this.... does anyone know Michael Snoswell's email address? michaels@vsl.com.AU (Michael Snoswell) Diego #EOF#