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Dallas wrote:
> "boB"
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>>I thought Dally would appreciate this. I can see attaching it to your
>>head (on a hat or some-such) and using the enter key for the mouse click.
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> Na... I'm far more interested in your upcoming purchase and review of your
> new Head Mounted Display.
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> Dallas
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So am I. You should read what the Gamers expect it to do. This guy
wants to stand up with the wires tethered above his head so he can turn
and walk down the halls in Doom or somethin'. I'll just be happy if it
lets me look to each side and down. I'm easy....
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Personally, I just plan to use a tether from above for the HMD cables
like dvdbunny1 described then hold my wireless Saitek P3000 gamepad in
my hands for movement/weapons, etc.
I don't think I would like my view moving independently from my head and
I don't mind aiming with my head either... I think of it like the
Predator with his shoulder mounted gun and targeting visor
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PS, You should read dvdbunny1's post. Ah heck, here it is. About
halfway through I was so confused I forgot what the heck I was reading.
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The emagin HMD uses a single VGA cable that connects to the visor's
control box and the other end connects to the VGA port of your graphics
card, if you have DVD then you can use DVD to VGA adapter that comes
with most graphics cards.
btw these cables are thin and very long so i wouldn't be worried about
any tangling, you can spin probably 6 times (maybe more) to the left or
right until it starts to tangle, and that's more than enough for these
spiral staircases. As you only spin about 4 times on these staircases,
well that's like the biggest amount of spiral staircases that i have
seen in a game.
I was searching VR controllers, and it looks like i have found the
ultimate one but i hate the price $495 that's right that much for just a
controller. this emagin HMD is $900 and you have to pay that amount for
just a controller, it's crazy what they charge. Anyway i found this gun
that you hold in either your left or right hand. I will try to explain,
let's say your playing Far Cry on the emagin HMD. Now of course turning
your head and body moves the aim of your gun in the game as explained in
my previous post. Well i said this would be difficult for gaming, so
this gun controller allows you to stop movement of your headtracking
from the HMD and you can move this gun to now aim and because you are
holding it an it has a trigger it makes for incredible accuracy for
shooting enemies just like in real life and the 2 added bonuses 1 is
this controller is wireless just doesn't feature force feedback for that
price which is a real shame. But the 2nd bonus is that this simulates
actual real life because in real life you do not move your head to aim a
gun your head doesn't move to fire, lets say a pistol so when you move
that gun your view will change inside the HMD, now after lets say you
want to go back to moving around 360 degrees with the headtracker well
then there is a button on the gun to diasble the headtracking in
realtime and then when antoher point comes in the game you can switch
the gun tracking back on and continue shooting. So this is the coolest
setup, now of course you still need another controller for your left
hand and i found the best one again which i think is wireless and costs
50 dollars and that will control all the movement and other control
layouts you can map to the controller.
Well that's cool so check out links here and i have emailed the company
asking about these devices for more information on them, they will
probably get back to me in a few days.
check the links out here
VR Gun
http://www.cwonline.com/store/view_product.asp?Product=1225
other controllers
http://www.cwonline.com/store/view_product.asp?Product=1209
http://www.cwonline.com/store/view_product.asp?Product=1179
movement controller
http://www.cwonline.com/store/view_product.asp?Product=1107
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message By dvdbunny1 on Monday, July 18, 2005 - 08:39 pm:
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oops i gave wrong information on cable connection, i mean if you have
DVI port on your graphics card then you need DVI to VGA adapter
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boB,
SAG 70
U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)
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