From: laukee@canon.co.uk (David Lau-Kee)
Subject: Re: TECH: Mac-based VR?
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 11:44:31 GMT
Organization: Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd


dream!Ray_Hines@bikini.cis.ufl.edu (Ray Hines) writes:
...
> D> ... you seem to forgot that the A3000 in the Virtuality system DOES
> D> NOT generate any image. There are TWO Texas Instruments (34020 if I
>don't
> D> miss) graphic processors and their co-processors to manage the real
>time
> D> rendering, one for each eye.
> D> An A3000 could never deliver the same graphic speed... 
...
>I have a magazine article.  It's about the Virtuality system.  W
>Industries is saying that the "Amiga controls everything" and that it
>is indeed the heart of the system. :)

Hmmm... The Expality uses 2 x 34020, 2 x 34082, 680[34]0/68882.  This
gives an unsurprising 30K pps. The "Amiga" may be "the heart" of the
system, but it isn't the muscle.

David