Xref: utzoo comp.windows.misc:799 comp.sys.next:997 comp.sys.mac:24350 alt.cyberpunk:1185 Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!ames!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!agate!e260-2d.berkeley.edu!c60a-2di From: c60a-2di@e260-2d.berkeley.edu (The Cybermat Rider) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,alt.cyberpunk Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor Summary: Here's the info Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments Message-ID: <18581@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 24 Dec 88 08:47:31 GMT References: <4362@pitt.UUCP> <257@gloom.UUCP> <5486@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <1116@netxcom.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: usa Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 51 In article <1116@netxcom.UUCP> ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles) writes: [Misc. stuff deleted] >>Any other Cheap ideas [Until Holograms can be dynamically >> projected]? >>### C.H. ### > >Yes. Design your graphical interface to alternate rapidly between two >perspective images of the same object. Interface that with a special pair >of glasses whos lenses are made of a rapid acting LCD material. Set the >glasses so that the lenses alternate clear/dark in synch with the display. > >The result of this is that your eyes each see only the perspective view >appropriate for that eye, and persistence of vision causes you to see >it in full color 3-D. (None of this red/green junk!) > >Such glasses and graphics already exist. They are being used in at least >one video game (some sort of driving game); and are available on the open >market (not sure who from, check with comp.sys.amiga, since that's where >I saw it mentioned most recently). I've also seen at least one NOVA program >that talked about them (computer graphics). > Enjoy! For those who don't read comp.sys.amiga, here's the scoop (stolen from Amazing Computing V3#9 - and I'm not affiliated in ANY WAY whatsoever with the company mentioned): The Product: X-Specs 3D (as described above) The Game: (probably referring to) Space Spuds, a shoot-em-up type game, included with the X-Specs package The Company: Haitex Resources 208 Carrollton Park Suite 1207 Carrollton, TX 75006 (214) 241-8030 The Price: $125 The Note: If you don't have an Amiga, you're out of luck! (Then again, if you DO, you probably already know this!) >-- >...!hadron\ "Who?... Me?... WHAT opinions?!?" | Edwin Wiles > ...!sundc\ Schedule: (n.) An ever changing | NetExpress Comm., Inc. > ...!pyrdc\ nightmare. | 1953 Gallows Rd. Suite 300 > ...!uunet!netxcom!ewiles | Vienna, VA 22180 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Ho a.k.a. The Cybermat Rider University of California, Berkeley c60a-2di@web.berkeley.edu Disclaimer: Nobody takes me seriously, so is it really necessary?