Bob Rogers (rogers@stpaul.ncr.com) (02/27/90)
In article <5147@brazos.Rice.edu> rwilliam@uncle-bens.rice.edu (William R. Russell) writes: >While using an isolation chamber for cyberspace would eliminate >the problem of bumping into objects and other such "real" world >intrusions, it wouldn't help provide feedback or otherwise >increase the "cyberspace" experience. It would serve to block out >background "noise" (or sensation). A zero-G simulator such as those used in astronaut training would be another way to eliminate the problem of bumping into the real world while traveling in cyberspace. A recent Sunday New York Times showed such a device in use at "Space Camp". It's a man-size gimbel that allows several degrees of freedom (the subject "floats" like a gyro in its mounting). I imagine that friction and/or motorized motion could be fed into a similar device to provide physical cues based on the events taking place in cyberspace. -- ---- Bob Rogers rogers@stpaul.ncr.com or rogers@pnet51.cts.com NCR Comten, St. Paul, MN GEnie: R.C.ROGERS