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From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
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Subject: Re: W Industries Introduces First Working VR Entertainment Unit.
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Date: 13 Jan 91 04:19:07 GMT
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I forgot.  In a recent telephone conversation, John Waldern told me that
W Industries is about to introduce a feedback glove.  In the artist's
conception, it looks like a Mattel glove.  But it has bladders to
simulate a tactile sensation.  

Also, if I'm not incorrect, the head-tracking sensors are magnetic
resonant devices, like the Polhemus.  I believe that W Industries is
using Ascension magnetic trackers, however.


Bob Jacobson
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