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In article <9503261922593....@delphi.com>,
Andy Boss <bo...@delphi.com> wrote:
>In article <virtuallD...@netcom.com>, virt...@netcom.com writes:
>
>> A new VR headset just went on sale yesterday at Fry's and will be in other
>> places as well shortly.  It's called "I-Glasses" from "Virtual-I/O".  It
>> ships with a shareware version of Descent that supports both head-tracking
>> and 3D imaging with the glasses (its Shareware version 1.3).  The price
>> is a bit steep, $799 for the PC-ready version, but I imagine this will drop
>> (much like the 3DO did after introduction).  You owe them a look before you
>> take the leap into a VR headset as they are very well put together.
>> ----
>> Robert Huebner
> 
>Yeah, I was at Fry's yesterday.  BUT, those glasses do NOT support head
>tracking.  I opened one of the boxes and looked through the intruction guide
>and the other documentation. I put them back on the shelf when I read it
>didn't support head tracking. 
>

True, the basic unit does not have a head tracking mechanism.  However, 
it is available as an option.  The head tracking was decent, except that
there was apparent noise interferance when close to my Pentium (continuous
rolling).  The image quality was decent compared to other HMDs I have tried
(although I haven't tried the Cybermax or VFX1).

-Ken Smith
 

bo...@delphi.com (Andy Boss) writes:

-- talk about iglasses ---
> 
>Yeah, I was at Fry's yesterday.  BUT, those glasses do NOT support head
>tracking.  I opened one of the boxes and looked through the intruction guide
>and the other documentation. I put them back on the shelf when I read it
>didn't support head tracking. 

  Yes they do, its an optional add on.  But head tracking with Descent
   isn't as great as you'd think.  Its hard to control and your neck gets
  sore.  Great gimmik, not too useful with Descent. Some like it, some don't.

  John Slagel

jsl...@netcom.com (John Slagel) writes:

>  [...] head tracking with Descent
>   isn't as great as you'd think.  Its hard to control and your neck gets
>  sore.  Great gimmik, not too useful with Descent. Some like it, some don't.

Say, have any of you Parallax/Interplay guys had the opportunity to try
the much-hyped SpaceBall Avenger controller? If so, what do you think of
it? 

-- 
Scott Coleman, President ASRE (American Society of Reverse Engineers)
as...@uiuc.edu
Life is temporally limited - drive velocitously!!

bo...@delphi.com (Andy Boss) writes:

>In article <virtuallD...@netcom.com>, virt...@netcom.com writes:

>Yeah, I was at Fry's yesterday.  BUT, those glasses do NOT support head
>tracking.  I opened one of the boxes and looked through the intruction guide
>and the other documentation. I put them back on the shelf when I read it
>didn't support head tracking. 

The I-glasses come in two versions - a $599 version intended for watching
TV and other video sources without head tracking, and a $799 version for
the PC that includes the head-tracking module and the VGA->TV signal
converter, as well as many games (incl. Descent shareware).

Obviously you picked up the wrong box. 
----
Robert Huebner

Scott Coleman (gen...@ilces.ag.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: Say, have any of you Parallax/Interplay guys had the opportunity to try
: the much-hyped SpaceBall Avenger controller? If so, what do you think of
: it? 

I played with it a bit when we got it in, and thought it was pretty cool.
I didn't use it enough to really get good at it, but I think that
with practice it could be an awesome controller.  It's really easy to
understand, but it's unlike other control devices, so it takes some getting
used to.

Matt Toschlog
Parallax Software