From jbisdale@gte.net Mon May 31 13:34:05 1999 X-UIDL: 6aa79cccbfd433a0e1e1b79285131bd7 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 NAA18280 for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 13:34:04 -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 NAA03405; Mon, 31 May 1999 13:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.gte.net (smtp1.gte.net [207.115.153.30]) by asbestos.hitl.washington.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA16061 for <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>; Mon, 31 May 1999 10:33:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from isdale.gte.net (calnet17-206.gtecablemodem.com [207.175.240.206]) by smtp1.gte.net with SMTP ; id MAA03491 Mon, 31 May 1999 12:30:54 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990531102814.008af790@mail.gte.net> X-Sender: jbisdale@mail.gte.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:28:14 -0700 To: "Anders Backman" , <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu> From: Jerry Isdale Subject: RE: Hardware (fwd) In-Reply-To: <003c01beab49$882ac820$ca29ef82@mickey.cs.umu.se> References: <3.0.5.32.19990529220046.008ec100@mail.gte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: RO At 11:39 AM 5/31/99 +0200, Anders Backman wrote: > >What about the Logitech Head Tracker? >Is that any good? >It seems to be cheap? oops, forgot the tracker tech. I have an old logitech tracker myself. Ultrasonic is a good low cost technique (with limits, etc.) Intersense uses it for their larger systems to provide positioning in addition to the orientation/accel. Logitech didnt list the tracker last time I went through their web site, but Qualix Direct (San Mateo CA, USA, http://www.qualixdirect.com 650-572-0-200) sells them. >> From: Jerry Isdale [mailto:jbisdale@gte.net] >> >> 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 email: isdale@acm.org web: http://isdale.com/jerry fax: 805 496 8547