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From: charl@pnet01.cts.com (Charl Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,rec.arts.tv,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: ShowScan and simulators
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Date: 1 Feb 89 21:36:09 GMT
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Another approach to simulators has been putting two small screens in the
pilot's goggles, one for each eye.  The system tracks EVERY movement of the
pilot's head, and modifies the scene in the goggles accordingly.  I've read it
described as very realistic (even though it was a wireframe image, the
movement tracked very well), and the only problem was not a lag in response
(as I would have expected), but the weight of the helmet (which is a tech.
problem).

Combine that with Showscan, and you wouldn't need a hemisphere at all.

Charl Phillips
San Diego, CA