From: COS.MARSHALL@GLASGOW-POLY.AC.UK
Subject: Re: SCI: Immersion & Head coupling
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 09:54:16 GMT



piercj@rpi.edu (Will Pierce) says :

>OTOH- We can feel accelleration, which I don't think we will be able to
>simulate for a while, without exorbitant costs.

Simulating acceleration is easier than you think, just tilt the base
of the skies so that the person skiing leans back a bit and let
gravity do the rest. The more acceleration you need, the more you tilt
the skies back.

-Iain Marshall, Glasgow Caledonian University

cos.marshall@glasp.ac.uk

"Even better than the REAL thing..." -Bono