steve@arezzo.siemens.com.siemens.com (Steve Giovannetti) (02/04/91)
Does anyone know where I might get a Dataglove, Spaceball, or other interesting input devices? SGG
okeefe@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Paul O'Keefe) (02/05/91)
In article <STEVE.GNUS24@arezzo.siemens.com.siemens.com>, steve@arezzo.siemens.com.siemens.com (Steve Giovannetti) writes: > > Does anyone know where I might get a Dataglove, Spaceball, or other > interesting input devices? > From the tone of this posting, it doesn't sound like you're all that serious about it. The VPL DataGlove is not something you run out and buy to have something "interesting" with which to experiment; it cost a TON of money! A few thousand bucks minimum, probabily more. When VPL first rolled out there "virtual reality" products at SIGGRAPH '89 in Boston, the DataGlove listed for $8000. BTW the complete top-of-the-line Reality-Built-for-Two listed for $250,000.00, complete with a SGI Power Series CPU, two EyePhones, two DataGloves, and the animation software. VPL Research is located in Redwood City, CA. The SpaceBall on the other hand is (pardon the pun) a little closer to reality. I guess it cost a few hundred bucks. However, in my opinion it is rather imprecise and does not solve the problem of navigating through 3D space to my satisfaction. The think the which makes the SpaceBall is called Space Systems. I don't know where they are located. You should be able to find their ad in Silicon Graphics`s Iris magazine or Computer Graphics World. -Paul O'Keefe okeefe@cs.buffalo.edu