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From: frerichs@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David J Frerichs)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: Re: optical gyros
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Date: 28 Nov 90 15:29:57 GMT
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I give up...  Is there such a thing as a lightweight gyroscope that is CHEAP?
-or-
Are silicon accellerometers inexpensive enough to use in a garage VR system?

someone out there must know the answers to one of these questions...
BTW
Tim Leary and G.G. Liddy were at the Univ of IL/ CU last night giving their
canned debate on individuality vs. collectivism... and the subject actually
touched on VR a little, not that any lay person would know it.  Leary kept
brushing off the topic when asked directly about his involvement and spouted
about a "global audio-visual 3d iconic language" at inappropriate times.
This all added up to people thinking that the idea of VR is nonsense...

oh well, lets see what they say in five years when they jack in and actually
"reach out and touch someone."

-dfRERICHS
Univ of IL/CU
Dept of CompEng