From: lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog)
Subject: Re: Power Glove and low cost VR
Date: 31 May 91 00:25:25 GMT
Organization: Motorola CSD, Cupertino CA




Well, the cheesy way to do head positioning in a sit-down mode is
to take a Konami helmet-mounted Nintendo zapgun emulator and hook
up to your light pen input.  You're stuck with staring at a screen
instead of having head-mount, though.

Another way is to mount the Watchman-style monitors on a boom.
Just move your head back and forth and the viewpoint changes.
This is available from Telepresence here in the Valley.  Their
system is remote viewing by moving twin video cameras around
when you move the boom around; but you can just hook your
monitors to a computer and do VR.  

I'm interested in public access VR terminals, and this is one
scenario.  It forces you to stop being aware of your surroundings,
though, and who wants to let pickpockets or muggers have at them
while they're in Cyberspace?

Lance