mcr@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Michele Rizack) (03/28/91)
I am a lurker on this newsgroup but recently on the radio I've heard about some sort of virtual reality (game/circus?) being set up in the New York Area. On April 11, something called Circ de Sole (sp?) will be opening in Battery Park. Anyone know anything about it? As for there not being any women on this group, it's something I had not even considered. I have to admit, I don't know too many women who are interested in virtual worlds outside of games, but being in a male-dominated major (CS) I guess I have become accustomed to it. I hope to find a career dealing with some aspect of virtual reality; if anyone knows of SIGs I could contact that would help me in the coming years, please let me know. Someone mentioned that women and men may have different responses to the technology developed. I for one get nauseous while using a flight simulator (problem is called "vection" I believe) and while riding in a car as a passenger. Muscle-developing and caffiene seem to lessen these effects. Playing with the flight simulator while drinking Mountain Dew is always a more thrilling experience. :-) I never thought of the possibility that gender responses would be all that marked, but perhaps it could be related to the experiences of male and female astronauts? Michele Rizack "Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all." - from "Nadja", Breton "They will not keep me in the zoo." - children's story book. Disclaimer: I am not you! I am barely even myself.