mnb@waikato.ac.nz (12/12/90)
Hello there from way down under ! I was hoping that some of you people may be able to help me with recommendations for simple existing educational virtual realities. More specifically, I'm getting ideas together for an interactive science exhibition and as well as the usual "hand on" type displays am looking for some more high tech computer displays. For example, maybe a program in which a person can adjust the aerodynamic profile of a car on screen and see how the drag coefficient varies. The only requirements are that the systems should demonstrate some basic scientific principle, be enjoyable and easily understood by children and adults, and be simple to use. I have seen the Doomsday Book in action and was most impressed, and have also played with a few Hypertext/Hypercard and Multimedia programs which could be suitable. The NeXt machine also offers a few interesting possibilities. Anyway any ideas, advice or recommendations would be most helpful. The exhibit is opening in a year so there is plenty of time to develop ideas and maybe even write some simple packages. There is a $200,000 budget for 30-35 displays so cost is not too much of a problem - provided we don't have to buy a complete DataGlove system of course !! Please e-mail and I will post a summary if there is any interest. Thanks in advance, Mark Billinghurst =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- mnb@waikato.ac.nz | New Zealand : where sheep outnumber humans 20:1, scary huh! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-