Thorin Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Why aren't there more of these things now? I remember these things being everywhere in the early 90's. I remember playing on the pterodactyl game in Meadowhall, I seem to remember it being featured regularly on a kids TV show too? They could be infinitely more realistic these days. Ran on the good old Amiga too... http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/virtuality.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Only 350 units were created, with 120 of these being installed inside the US. Ok so everywhere was a bit of an exaggeration it seems, although I knew of two of them. Maybe something will come out for the Nintendo Wii now that fancy motion sensing stuff is mainstream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I know the ones you mean, you stand in a padded ring and put the silly contraption on your head. Fully agree, get one of those these days and match it up to current day imaging and you would have a ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 You could very easily hook a doom engine up to the input system.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Ooooooohhhhhh http://www.vuzix.com/iwear/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Why aren't there more of these things now? I remember these things being everywhere in the early 90's. I remember playing on the pterodactyl game in Meadowhall, I seem to remember it being featured regularly on a kids TV show too? They could be infinitely more realistic these days. Ran on the good old Amiga too... http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/virtuality.html I've still got a A1200 with 20MB HD in the spare room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 I've still got a A1200 with 20MB HD in the spare room. I can beat that, A1200 with 120MB HD ... It's still at my mum's house somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Ooooooohhhhhh http://www.vuzix.com/iwear/index.html I've seen those before, it's something I'd like to try out first before splashing the cash though... Not quite the same though although you could always just gaffer tape a Wii remote to it I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I remember there was a flight sim game, and I think there was another one like mechwarrior or something. Does anyone have any links to info on these? I remember at the time I thought they were the best thing in the world. But then I would have been 10 or something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I had a go on one of these systems when I was at university. They're great for 5 or 10 minutes, but then you start feeling ill, you get motion sickness. I think that's why they never really took off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 I remember there was a flight sim game, and I think there was another one like mechwarrior or something. Does anyone have any links to info on these? I remember at the time I thought they were the best thing in the world. But then I would have been 10 or something! Very little info on those machines other than the link I posted. I do know they produced a more advanced "2000" series system but no more than that. I had a go on one of these systems when I was at university. They're great for 5 or 10 minutes, but then you start feeling ill, you get motion sickness. I think that's why they never really took off. Yeah that was one of the problems with them, I remember it "lagging" when you moved your head around which got very disorientating. Still, that was 15+ years ago, I wonder why I've not really seen anything else along those lines since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Was that in the shop in Meadowhall called "Virtual Reality"? I remember that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Was that in the shop in Meadowhall called "Virtual Reality"? I remember that I was trying to remember what the shop was called, it could be that but it doesn't ring a bell. I seem the think it changed names though. It was near house of fraser I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I was trying to remember what the shop was called, it could be that but it doesn't ring a bell. I seem the think it changed names though. It was near house of fraser I think? Yep, that's the one. It had the big machine in the centre of the shop. That must have been a good few years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yep, that's the one. It had the big machine in the centre of the shop. That must have been a good few years ago! Would have been about '92 I believe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Well I've just had another look for the thing I was talking about in this thread: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=117376 And I found the website that I was talking about: http://www.vizoo.com/main.html And this on youtube: Pretty cool, but not sure how it works, how big the 'box' needs to be for a reasonably large image, whether you can touch it, is it encased etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_y3k Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 why did i expect the Death Star to come up in the youtube demo ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I guess the technology has just been moved to things like driving simulators for studies / development, flight training and so on... more industrial than for home. Leeds Uni have a massive driving simulator that they use for research, it's supposed to be very realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 i think the trouble with VR is that it tries too hard. Does all the work for you. Reading a good book, thats VR enough. As for computer games though, I think VR concept could work if it did not encase your head/ ears/ or restrict your movement - so you could eat a cheese sandwich, and answer your mobile phone while you play. A difficult and expensive challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Holodeck is what we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDriver Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I can beat that, A1200 with 120MB HD ... It's still at my mum's house somewhere. amiga 1200, 420mb hd, 34mb RAM, turbocard + co processor, and a lot of external hardware And most of the games available in that time - P - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 amiga 1200, 420mb hd, 34mb RAM, turbocard + co processor, and a lot of external hardware And most of the games available in that time - P - You win I nearly bought a turbocard+ coprocessor but ended up moving to PC's at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Oops, forgot the 4MB simm I had on the 68030 Accellrator... £170 it cost me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Oops, forgot the 4MB simm I had on the 68030 Accellrator... £170 it cost me I remember paying about that for a 512KB upgrade for the old Amiga 500 Amiga's were brilliant in their day, the Video Toaster stuff was very impressive at the time. I believe all the effects stuff for Bablyon5 and quite a few other sci fi progs were done using banks of Amiga 2000's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I remember paying about that for a 512KB upgrade for the old Amiga 500 Pffttt... I laugh at your 512KB, I paid a FORTUNE for the 15k pack for the ZX81, 15k.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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