From: cyberoid@hitl.washington.edu (Bob Jacobson)
Subject: Re: VR and the Disabled
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1991 06:35:19 GMT
Organization: HIT Lab, Seattle WA.



In article <1991Oct15.062755.28101@milton.u.washington.edu> apple!motcsd.csd.
mot.com!lance@decwrl.dec.com (lance.norskog) writes:

>vamplew@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Peter Vamplew) writes:
>>[ intersections of VR and planning disabled access to buildings ]
>
>This is what the DataSuit/CyberSuit concept is all about.  Sensors 
>all over your corpus.  I've been told it's being used in aircraft 
>maintenence to ensure that various procedures can in fact be 
>accomplished.  These modern planes are packed so densely with 
>so much stuff that it's easy to build it and then discover that 
>you can't generate enough torque to unscrew a bolt with your arm 
>behind your back.

I would appreciate a cite to any papers regarding this practice, or
locations where the Datasuit is being so applied.  It could be useful
to a local client.  Thanks.

Bob Jacobson
HIT Lab
cyberoid@hitl.washington.edu