From: mccoy@ils.nwu.edu (Jim McCoy) Subject: Re: Yes, there are VR video games Date: 8 Jul 91 17:08:42 GMT Message-ID: <2444@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> Organization: The Internet In article <1991Jul1.053339.18220@milton.u.washington.edu>, gristle@ucscb.ucsc.edu (66016000) writes: > > > I have seen two VR video games. By VR, I mean that the game is rendered > using polygons and the objects in the game are "real", meaning that they > take up mathematical space in the VR world of the game. One can theoretically > move around the object in all directions, but due to game playing this > may not be possible. The games "guide" you toward the proper places etc... > > [stuff about Hard Driving and another Micropose game I am not familiar > with deleted] I am surprised that no one here has made mention of "BattleTech". This is, IMHO, the first "real" virtual reality game. It has been around in Chicago for over a year now and I am fairly certain that the owners are expanding to other cities. This is not yoru normal video arcade game. It consists of up to six people sitting in simulator cockpits and running their giant robot around the battle area and attacking the other team. The controls are complex, the game is the fast, and the whole thing must be experienced to be believed. Compared to BattleTech, Hard Driving is a cheap Pong clone.... jim -- ------------------------------< Jim McCoy >------------------------------------ mccoy@acns.nwu.edu | "Those whom the gods would destroy, mccoy@ils.nwu.edu | they first make mad... #include | -Sophocles -----------------------<"To thine own self be true">--------------------------