From andersb@cs.umu.se Mon May 31 05:40:56 1999 Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAA04950 for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 05:40:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from asbestos.hitl.washington.edu (hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu [128.95.73.60]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAA06553; Mon, 31 May 1999 05:40:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from oxe.cs.umu.se (root@oxe.cs.umu.se [130.239.40.14]) by asbestos.hitl.washington.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA14254 for <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>; Mon, 31 May 1999 02:39:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mickey (rfc1413 says mickey.cs.umu.se [130.239.41.202]) by oxe.cs.umu.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA08011 for <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>; Mon, 31 May 1999 11:39:40 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Anders Backman" To: <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu> Subject: RE: Hardware (fwd) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:39:51 +0200 Message-ID: <003c01beab49$882ac820$ca29ef82@mickey.cs.umu.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990529220046.008ec100@mail.gte.net> Importance: Normal Status: RO What about the Logitech Head Tracker? Is that any good? It seems to be cheap? ________________________________________________________________ Anders Backman Email: andersb@cs.umu.se HPC2N/CUT Phone: +46 (0)90-786 9936 Umea university Cellular: +46 (0)70-392 64 67 S-901 87 UMEA SWEDEN Fax: +46 90-786 6126 http://www.cs.umu.se/~andersb > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Isdale [mailto:jbisdale@gte.net] > Sent: den 30 maj 1999 07:01 > To: andersb@cs.umu.se > Cc: 3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu > Subject: Re: Hardware (fwd) > > > At 08:15 PM 5/29/99 -0400, Doug Bowman wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Anders asked me to forward this to the list. If you have > >a good low-cost answer, email him directly, or post to the > >list if you think it's of general interest. > > > >--Doug > > oooh, low cost - my favorite 8-) > > The Sony Glasstron or Olympus EyeTrek are two of the latest low cost HMDs. > The Sony stereo version is significantly more expensive (almost twice the > cost) as reported in the May issue of VR News. But they are both > still way > lower cost than a Virtual Research, Kaiser, or N-Vision hmd. > (Kaiser still > gets my vote for the most comfortable and best hi-res if you got the $12k > or so). The IO Display systems folks (www.i-glasses.com) are > still out there. > > For Nav devices, you might consider a SpaceOrb (http://www.spaceorb.com > $59.00+S&H) or Global Devices 6DOF (http://www.globaldevices.com). I dont > know if GD has anything in production, but they are still around. Those > are certainly low cost alternatives to the industrial line from Spacetec > (http://www.spacetec.com) > > > ============= > Jerry Isdale, Technology Review Editor, VR News > phone: 805 379 2667 1527 Wakefield Ave > fax: 805 496 8547 Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 > email: isdale@acm.org > http://www.vrnews.com > http://vr.isdale.com/techReview.html >