From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Subject: DIGEST: Virtual Interface Marketplace [01.06] Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, U of Washington, Seattle ############################################ ### Virtual Interface Marketplace Digest ### ### volume 01, number 06 ### ############################################ Contents: FOR-SALE: Demoed VR Hardware NEW-PROD: Cyberscope Press Release WANTED: Are DataGloves really $11,000 WANTED: 2nd hand dataGloves or CyberGloves WANTED: Low Cost HMD's (1-5k$) Re: NEW-PROD: Microcosm 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 scivw@u.washington.edu Mon Nov 29 20:31:55 1993 From: specdyn@well.sf.ca.us (Spectrum Dynamics Inc.) Subject: FOR-SALE: Demoed VR Hardware Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 16:59:39 GMT SPECTRUM DYNAMICS is clearing out demoed equipment as part of its year end close-out. Still available and in excellent condition: 2 Intel ActionMedia II Delivery Boards: $750.00 each or both (w/documentation) for $1,000.00. List: $1700.00 each. 1 Intel ActionMedia I Delivery Board (w/out documentation): $500.00. List: $1400.00 each. 1 SPEA FIRE i860-based Graphics Accelerator (w/documentation): $1000.00. List: $2400.00 each. 2 Harmonic Research RGB/NTSC encoders/scan converters w/two cables (15M to 9M, aprox. 3' length): $150.00 each or both for $250.00. List: $350.00 each (w/cables). TERMS: Full payment by check or money order prior to shipping. F.O.B. ground from Houston -- SPECTRUM DYNAMICS will pay shipping and handling costs. If interested please contact: Kurt Stoll Marketing and Sales SPECTRUM DYNAMICS 3311 Richmond Ave., Suite 301 Houston, TX 77098 USA Voice: 713/520-5020 Fax: 713/520-8847 Internet: specdyn@well.sf.ca.us ------------------------------ From scivw@u.washington.edu Mon Nov 29 20:32:14 1993 From: scope@well.sf.ca.us (Bill Poirier) Subject: NEW-PROD: Cyberscope Press Release Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA See TRUE 3D on your own PC, without spending $6000 on a head-mounted display or $3300 on flicker glasses! On November 30, at the Meckler Virtual Reality Expo in New York, Berkeley-based Simsalabim Systems, Inc. will present a truly affordable virtual reality solution: the $199 Cyberscope.The Cyberscope is an optical hood that attaches easily to your monitor and converts your PC into a powerful 3D viewing machine. It is the ideal tool for visualizing CAD drawings and other 3D objects, says Bill Poirier, Marketing Director of Simsalabim Systems. "And its great for virtual reality games." Combining high-quality front-surface optics with an innovative new visualization technique (US patent pending), the Cyberscope provides crisp and clear high resolution full color stereoscopic 3D images without flicker or eye strain.One of the best features of the Cyberscope visualization technique is the ease with which existing software can be converted to be Cyberscope -compatible. Since the Cyberscope was launched in late May and appeared on CNN Future Watch, scores of software companies have jumped onto the bandwagon and converted their existing software to run in stereoscopic 3D with the Cyberscope. Here are a few examples: Intergraph, the largest CAD/CAM company in the US, can now offer buyers of their CAD package MicroStation the option of stereoscopic 3D vieweing and editing with the Cyberscope, thanks to the recently launched CyberVision software from Huntsville-based ModelVision, Inc. The SimView package from Simsalabim Systems allows virtually any CAD drawings to be viewed in true stereoscopic 3D using the Cyberscope. It imports both raw 3D data and DXF files. SimView can read drawings from AutoCAD, 3D Studio, MicroStation, VIRTUS Walkthrough, and many other CAD and VR packages and move and rotate them in front of you in real time. Chicago-based VREAM Inc. recently started shipping a Cyberscope-compatible version of their virtual worlds development system. When Sausalito-based Sense8 Corporation launches their widely acclaimed virtual reality development system WorldToolKit for Windows in December, it will support the Cyberscope. The decision was made only after an extensive market survey, involving some 4000 users. "We didn't decide to to support the Cyberscope", said Ken Pimentel, the marketing manager. "The market decided." VR Laboratories Inc., based in San Luis Obispo, recently announced that a Cyberscope-compatible version of their landscape walkthrough software Vistapro 3.0 will be available by Christmas. And then there are obviously games: CyberSmash from Simsalabim Systems, literally added a whole new dimension to PC breakout-games. A Macintosh vesion of this game will be launched at the Virtual Reality Expo in New York. San Francisco-based Velocity Development Corporation is currently working on a Cyberscope-compatible version of the tank game Spectre.And here is the best part: The suggested retail price of the Cyberscope is not $6000, not $3300, but the block-buster price of $199. This makes it the first quality 3D viewing device ever made that is truly affordable for the average PC user. The Cyberscope can be ordered toll free by calling 1-800-3D-TODAY. ------------------------------ From scivw@u.washington.edu Mon Nov 29 20:32:34 1993 From: Danny Goodman Subject: WANTED: Are DataGloves really $11,000 Date: 25 Nov 93 07:53:34 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Hi, I'm looking to by a DataGlove or CyberGlove for my honours thesis next year. Ringing around I was quoted approx $11,000US for the gloves above. Is this the standard price these days ? I am sure I saw gloves advertised earlier this year for about $5000-$6000 which is more in my price range. Does the $11,000 include a tracking device or only the glove itself and is there a cheaper alternative? The PowerGlove is out of the question as the system will be used for gesture recognition and we're lucky to get the fingers to read anything on our PG most the time. I'ld appreciate any help I can get as I really need to make a decision soon where my thesis is going in the next couple of days. Danny Goodman \|||/ Danny Goodman |o o| goodman@tartarus.uwa.edu.au ( \_/ ) =====>goodman@swanee.ee.uwa.edu.au \___/ ------------------------------ From scivw@u.washington.edu Mon Nov 29 20:32:38 1993 From: Danny Goodman Subject: WANTED: 2nd hand dataGloves or CyberGloves Date: 25 Nov 93 08:05:26 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Hi, I looking for a DataGlove or equivalent for my honours thesis next year but new prices seem to be a _bit_ inhibitive, and I was wondering whether there exist any second hand data gloves out there now that the new version has come out. Are 2nd hand gloves worth purchasing? How quickly do they _break_? If anybody has any offers or ideas I'ld really appreciate it Danny Goodman ------------------------------ From scivw@u.washington.edu Mon Nov 29 20:32:45 1993 From: Steven Mauceri Subject: WANTED: Low Cost HMD's (1-5k$) Organization: Polytechnic University, New York Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 05:27:21 GMT Does anyone know of any low cost HMD's somewhere in the range of 1,000-5,000$ ? ( Not including really bad attempts to make a quick buck on the gaming industry like the VictorMax TV in a helmet deal ). Any info is greatly appreciated! - Steve -- Steven Mauceri smauceri@photon.poly.edu Polytechnic University, Brooklyn NY ------------------------------ From scivw@u.washington.edu Mon Nov 29 20:32:48 1993 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 93 02:22:37 +0100 From: Diego Montefusco Subject: Re: NEW-PROD: Microcosm > New FREE Demonstration Version / Product Announcement > > **** > * *O* * > **** > > Microcosm > Rendering, Animation, Simulation, and Virtual Reality Software > Version 1.1 for DOS Wasn't MicroCosm a VPL trademark?? Diego