From: barchasd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David Barchas) Subject: TECH: HMD's and accupressure Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1993 18:13:34 GMT Message-ID: Organization: Purdue University Computing Center OK, I was sitting in front of the TV on Sunday watching the stupid half time show of the super bowl and I remembered the show from a year or 2 ago. 3d by the use of a darkened lens over 1 eye, not to good but good enough to get the point across. A thought occured... to do 3d(two screens), you need two video cards(1 per eye). Now if one was to put the same picture on 2 screens, and darken 1 of them(lets say the right eye), would it not give the user the Illusion of 3d. 2 seperate images would not need to be rendered, and only 1 card is needed. I know that sitting in front of a tv, the darkened lens thing is kind of on the crappy side(alright, alot). But that is partly because your eyes are both focusing on the same point in space. This makes your brain realize that your playing a trick on it. But if you were to put one screen in front of each eye, and darken one, would it act the same way, and also would your brain be less likely to realize it's a trick because you are unable to see the outside world. JUST A THOUGHT... Second thought, of which I don't want any flames in response, because it is dum Everyone has heard of accupressure, puncture. Lets go with pressure though, I don't like needles. The whole point of VR is to submerge the user into the environment. Lets say that there is a vr sim of skydiving. With todays vr systems this would really be dull. But if you were to press on a pressure point that stimulates the adrenal gland, then you could be a little more convinced that you have been thrown out of an airplane. Same thing with the release of epinephrine to make you "high" of sorts, or to dull a pain, that you should be having. Now this was just a silly though that came to me while massageing my temples due to Buffalo's bad football skills. ANY responses?? David Barchas (barchasd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu) | "Oops..." Purdue University - Computer Science | Famous last word.