TEG@orc.olivetti.com (Tom Griner) (08/05/89)
I was at SigGraph and checked out the "Autodesk Cyberspace". This was the system that was reviewed in InfoWorld a few weeks ago (which I posted about previously in alt.cyberpunk). The system lets a user explore through their (AutoCAD) data by putting on steroscopic 3D gogles (with embedded screens) and roaming about with simple controls. Some of the control systems displayed were: Data glove with hand gesture control; Bicycle to peddle through your data; Tennis racket to "whack" your data about. First thing, I am also annoyed that Autodesk chose the name Cyberspace which they didn't "coin" or toy with first. It was eventual though that someone would snarf the name, and at least some of the Autodesk people have actually been reading "Cyberpunk" (where the concept was proposed) novels. Autodesks Cyberspace system is fun. The display is a bit lo-res and the refresh rates aren't quite "user friendly" yet, but the potential is definately shown. One thing that one of the Autodesk guys said was definately true: "Once you try this out, you will never be completely satisfied with a standard user interface again". Kind of like (radio vs television)/ (books vs movies)/(music vs music videos) ... once you have a chance to really "get into your data", your ability to use your imagination to conceptualize has been damaged and you are "hooked" on seeing the real thing. Tom Griner Systems Administrator - Olivetti Research Center frames 2 /dev/fb uunet!wyse!decwrl!pyramid!oliveb!TEG TEG@ORC.Olivetti.Com flames 2 /dev/null pqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpqpq bdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbd