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Re: DOOM/VR

#652
From: tjg... Zelpheriarderizan Xaviera
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 02:48
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In article <CJA1p...@austin.ibm.com>, jlpi...@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker) writes:
>
>Just musing...from a programmer's perspective, I wonder how difficult
>it would be to modify the DOOM code to support VR goggles and a power-
>glove...
>
>Craig
>-- 
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	Well, I don't think it would be THAT difficult.  All you have to do is
port the codes to the machine that is running the VR (and it must be a good
damn fast machine, not that Amiga 2000 they use for Virtuality).  Also, for
motions, it would not be so bad to convert the if head move left to turn left
and right, but it would be quite a chore looking up and down and in 3-d (body
movement), since the program doesn't promote that feature.  If you work at it
for like 2-3 months with the 5 people crew like ID, you could pull it off
(porting, etc.)

-Zelpheri

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