loki@relay.EU.net (Never Kid A Kidder) (11/08/90)
Well I went and saw 'em - a company called Division from the Bristol
area, and one called W Industries from Leicester (you on the net,
people?) We may be lagging behind our cousins across the herring
pond, but I most definitely see arcade games contracts within weeks
(apparently W Industries' baby had only been announced to the public
at this exhibition).
Division was demonstrating the product called Vision, a client/server
system using VPL eyephone/glove peripherals. The blurb on their
product indicates an object oriented information interchange between
client systems controlling the user interface, and a server
integrating the information from multiple clients. They can be
reached at:
Division Ltd,
Quarry Road,
Chipping Sodbury,
Bristol BS17 6AX,
England.
Tel +44 (0)454 324527
Fax +44 (0)454 323059
W Industries was demonstrating their Virtuality 1000 SD system, a
sitdown console with their Visette visor. The demo was a flight
simulator, and was well worth the queue, in my opinion, although we
weren't allowed very long! I'm not sure if the Visette has been
mentioned here before, but here are the details:
PHYSICAL:
Size 480x240x300mm
Weight 2.9kg
Fits head Suitable for 10 years to adult
Locking Ergolock anthropometric clamping system
(no I don't understand either!!!)
Cabling Steel reinforced, locked sleeving
VISUAL:
Display Stereo thin film transistor monitors 60x46mm
Colour range Only limited by input voltages
Pixel count 276x372 triformat
Refresh rate 50Hz
FOV 90-120%
Lenses 40mm dia 12.5D Plano convex
Filter panavision 220 diffusion media
Eye pieces BS standard to accomodate glasses
AUDIO:
Earphones Quadrophonic two sets speakers each 44mm dynamic
and 30mm dynamic
Impedance 100ohms
O/P 100mw
Insulation 60dB
Power 5V/0-5W
ORIENTATION:
Max range 1660/600mm for standup/sitdown versions
Accuracy 1.5mm 0.12degrees
Resolution 1.5mm
Power 9V/10W
ENVIRONMENT:
Temperature 10-40C
Drop test 2m
Humidity 10-95%
No prices quoted. They can be contacted at:
W Industries Ltd,
ITEC House,
26-28 Chancery Street,
Leicester LE1 5WD,
England.
Tel +44 (0)533 542127
Fax +44 (0)533 548222
There was a wad of VR talks going on which I wanted to attend, but
nobody said anything about money!!! (#300 for the talks, #100 for the
proceedings, a not very large book which looked like it cost #10 to
produce, even in the small numbers they would have had - information
is so expensive these days!) For those of us who simply have a keen
interest rather than getting it on company expenses, this is a real
shame.
Did any other Netlanders attend?
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