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From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
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Subject: Re: FVT will be on display
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Date: 17 Feb 91 07:37:21 GMT
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A "self-contained" VR system would seem to defy the meaning of virtual
reality, as the experience of a virtual world contained within a computer
memory.  Would it have a belt-clip on CD-ROM to produce worlds?  And how
would the self-contained unit measure its wearer's position in space?
These are important design questions that, until they are answered, will
continue to puzzle readers of these postings about the Illinois 
development.

BTW, I heard at least week's Gigabit Testbed Workshop meeting, in D.C.,
that students at MIT are successfully building a small scale VR system
based on workstation size technology.  As William Bricken predicted, 
this is "the summer of garage VR triumphant."

Bob Jacobson
HIT Lab