sci.virtual-worlds Reference FAQ
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sci.virtual-worlds Reference
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
This faq is meant to assist user in finding information on virtual reality.
Basic questions such as VR Books, Magazines, and online resources are
covered.
Questions, comments, or suggestions should be sent to:
sciv...@hitl.washington.edu
Snail-mail may be sent to:
Sci.virtual-worlds
c/o Toni Emerson, HITLab
University of Washington,
Human Interface Technology Laboratory
PO Box 352412
Seattle, WA, 98195-2412
USA
Topics covered in this FAQ:
1. What are the related VR WWW pages?
2. VR Books to get you started
3. VR Magazines and Journals to get you started
4. What are the related VR related newsgroups?
5. What are the related VR related mailing lists?
6. Information on VRML
7. Credits
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Subject: -1- What are the related VR WWW pages?
There are quite a few VR WWW sites. As a result, there are a number of
excellent indices of VR sites available. That's where you should begin:
3D Engines List: http://cg.cs.tu-berlin.de/~ki/engines.html [software
3D engines, realtime graphics, virtual reality]
3D Web Site: http://www.3dsite.com/3dsite/ - [3D computer graphics, job
board, commercial listings]
Cardiff's VR Page: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/User/Andrew.Wilson/VR/ -
[CardiffMOO Information , MOOs, MUDs]
Chris's VR Stuff: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/People/cph/vrstuff.html -
[VR Hardware, VR Software, Homebrew, 3D Software, VRML]
Computer Graphics page at the UCSC Perceptual Science Laboratory:
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/cg.html - [computer graphics research site
list]
Dave Snowdon's VR Page: http://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/~dns/vr/ - [VR
Hardware, Software, VRML]
Hot Virtual Reality Sites:
http://www.nist.gov/itl/div894/ovrt/hotvr.html - [General VR Links,
Research centers]
Ian's Buying Guide: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~feldberg/vr/vrbg.html - [VR
Hardware, VR Software]
Maddog's studio:http://www.maddog.com/ - [Vworlds-biz mailing list, VR
developers, VR producers]
On the Net: Information Resources in Virtual Reality
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/knowledge_base/onthenet.html -
[General VR, applications, software, research centers, directory,
commerical resources, VRML]
Psychology/VR Resource List - [psychology and VR]
Silicon Graphics' Visual Simulations Applications Directory:
http://193.242.86.10/Products/appsdirectory.dir/MarketIXVisual_Simulation.html [VR suppliers]
Ultimate Spatial Audio Index.
http://www.w-link.net/~jethro/spataudio.html - [Virtual Audio]
Virtual Spaces MUD connections:
http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/v_spaces.html [MUDs, MUSHs, MOOs,
text-based VR]
VR Resources: http://www.imaginative.com/VResources/ - [General VR,
hardware, articles, companies, VRML]
Weblynx Ultimate Virtual World Library:
http://weblynx.com.au/virtual.htm
Contains the Beginners Guide to VRML. [VRML]
Yahoo's Entertainment: Virtual Reality
http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Virtual_Reality
[General VR, Entertainment]
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Subject: -2- VR Books to get you started
Adams, L. (1994). Visualization & VIrtual Reality--3D Programming with
Visual Basic for Windows. New York, NY: WIndcrest/McGrawHill.
Aukstakalnis, S. and Blatner, D. (1992). Silicon Mirage: The Art & Science
of Virtual Reality. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
Ames, A.L., Nadeau, D.R. and Moreland, J. The VRML Sourcebook. New York, NY:
John Wiley & Sons.
Angel, E. (1997). Interactive 3D Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with Open GL.
New York, NY: Addison Wesley.
Badler, N. I., Phillips, C. B., and Webber, B. L. (1993). Virtual Humans and
Simulated Agents. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Barfield, W. and Furness, T. (Eds.). (1995). Virtual Environments and
Advanced Interface Design. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Begault, D. (1994). 3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multi-Media
Applications. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Benedikt, M. L. (Ed.). (1991). Cyberspace: First Steps. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press.
Bertol, D. (1997). Designing Digital Space: An Architect's Guide to Virtual
Reality. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Biocca, F. and Levy, M. R. (Eds.). (1994). Communication in the Age of
Virtual Reality. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Burdea, G. (1996). Force & Touch Feedback for Virtual Reality. New York:
John Wiley & Sons.
Brown,R., Earnshaw, R., Jern, M. and Vince, J. (1995). Visualization. New
York, NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Burdea, G. and Coiffet, P. (1994). Virtual Reality Technology. New York, NY:
John Wiley and Sons.
Carr, K. and England, R. (Eds). (1995). Simulated and Virtual Realities:
Elements of Perception. Hampshire, UK: Taylor and Francis.
Chorafas, D. N. and Steinmann, H. (1995). Virtual Reality: Practical
Applications in Business and Industry. Indianapolis, IN: Prentice Hall.
Committee on Virtual Reality Research and Development, National Reseach
Council. (1994). Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Cooper, et al. (1994). Virtual Reality Tracking Technology. San Diego, CA:
Academic Press.
Earnshaw, R., Jones, H. and Gigante, M. (1993). Virtual Reality Systems.
Orlando, Fl: Academic Press.
Earnshaw, R., Vince, J. and Jones, H. (1995). Virtual Reality Applications.
London: Academic Press.
Eddings, J. (1994). How Virtual Reality Works. Emeryville, CA: Ziff-Davis
Press.
Ellis, S. R. (Ed.). (1991). Pictorial Communication in Virtual and Real
Environments (2nd ed). London: Taylor and Francis.
Fishwick, P. (1995). Simulation Model Design & Execution: Building Digital
Worlds. Indianapolis, IN: Prentice Hall.
Glassner, A. S. (1994). Principles of Digital Image Synthesis. San Mateo,
CA: Morgan-Kaufmann.
Gradecki, J. (1994). The Virtual Reality Construction Kit. New York, NY:
John Wiley and Sons.
Gradecki, J. (1994). Virtual Reality Programmer's Kit. New York, NY: John
Wiley and Sons
Heim, M. (1993). The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality. New York: Oxford
University Press.
Helsel, S. K. and Roth, J. P. (Eds.). (1990). Virtual Reality Practice,
Theory, and Promise. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing.
Hollands, R. (1996). The Virtual Reality Homebrewer's Handbook. New York,
NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Jacobson, L. (1993). Garage Virtual Reality. Indianapolis, IN: Sams
Publishing.
Jacobson, L. (Ed.). (1992). Cyberarts: Exploring Art & Technology. San
Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman, Inc.
Kalawsky, R. (1993). The Science of Virtual Reality and Virtual
Environments. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Krueger, M. (1991). Artificial Reality II. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Latham, R., (1995). The Dictionary of Computer Graphics and Virtual
Reality," New York: Springer-Verlag.
Laurel, B. (1991). Computers as Theatre. Reading, MA: Addison- Wesley.
Loeffler, C. E. and Anderson, T. (Eds.). (1994). The Virtual Reality
Casebook. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Leston, J., Ring, K. and Kyral, E. (1996). Virtual Reality: Business
Aplications, Markets and Opportunities. Videotape available through Look
Multimedia.
MacDonald, L. and Vince, J. (1993). Interacting with Virtual Environments.
New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
McAllister, D. F. (Ed.). (1993). Stereo Computer Graphics and Other True 3D
Technologies. Princeton, NY: Princeton University Press.
McLellan, H. (1994). Virtual Reality: Case Studies in Design for
Collaboration & Learning. Westport, CT: Meckler Corp.
Melzer, J.E. and Moffitt, K. W. (1997). Head-Mounted Displays: Designing for
the User. New York,NY: McGraw Hill.
Moser, M. A. with MacLeod, D. (1995). Immersed in Technology: Art and
Virtual Environments. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Panos, G. (1995). Virtual Reality Sourcebook.
Perelman, B. (1993). Virtual Reality. New York, NY: Segue Books.
Pesce, Mark. (1995). VRML Browsing and Building Cyberspace
Pimentel, K. and Teixeira, K. (1993). Virtual Reality: Through the New
Looking Glass (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Intel/Windcrest/McGraw Hill.
Rheingold, H. (1991). Virtual Reality: Exploring the Brave New Technologies.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Trade.
Roehl, B. (1994). Playing God, Creating Virtual Worlds. Corte Madera, CA:
Waite Group Press.
Roehl, S., Bernie, R. and Eagan, J. (1993). Virtual Reality Creations:
Create & Program Virtual Worlds on Your PC. Corte Madera, CA: Waite Group
Press.
Rothman, P. (1994). Intelligent Agents, Artificial Intelligence & Virtual
Reality. Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing.
Sheridan, T. B. (1992). Telerobotics, Automation, and Human Supervisory
Control. Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press.
Stuart, Rory (1996). The Design of Virtual Environments. New York:
McGraw-Hill
Thalmann, N. and Thalmann, D. (1991). New Trends in Animation and
Visualization. New York, NY, USA: Wiley.
Thalmann, N. and Thalmann, D. (1993). Virtual Worlds and Multimedia. New
York, NY, USA: Wiley.
Thalmann, N. and Thalmann, D. (1994). Artificial Life and Virtual Reality.
New York, NY, USA: Wiley.
Vince J. Virtual Reality Systems. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley
Warwick, K., Gray, J. and Roberts, D. (Eds.) (1993). Virtual Reality in
Engineering. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
Watson, M. (1996). AI Agents in Virtual Reality Worlds: Programming
Intelligent VR in C++
Wexelblat, A. (1993). Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations.
Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
White, J. (1996). Designing 3D Graphics: How to Create Real-Time 3D Models
for Games & Virtual Reality. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Wilson, J.R., D'Cruz, M.D., Cobb, S.V.G. and Eastgate, R.M. (1995). Virtual
Reality for Industrial Application: Opportunities and Limitations.
Nottingham: Nottingham University Press.
Then, you can't forget science fiction!
Besher, A. (1994). "RIM: A Novel of Virtual Reality". New York, NY:
HarperCollins West.
Card, Orson Scott. (1991). "Ender's Game." New York, NY: Tom Doherty
Associates. ISBN: 0-812-51349-5.
Gibson, William. (1984). "Neuromancer." New York, NY: ACE Science Fiction.
ISBN: 0-553-28174-7.
Gibson, William. (1993). "Virtual Light." New York: Bantam Books. ISBN:
0-553-07499-7.
Jacobson, Karie (Ed.) (1993). "Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality."
New York, NY: Citadel Press.
Stephenson, Neal. (1992). "Snow Crash." New York: Bantam Books.
Vinge, Vernor. (1987). "True Names...and Other Dangers." New York, NY: Baen.
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Subject: -3- VR Magazines and Journals to get you started
Cadence: The World's Largest Independent AutoCAD Magazine. Published monthly
by Miller Freeman, 600 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA, 94107. ISSN
0887-9141
Collaborative Computing. Collaborative Computing is a new international
quarterly journal which covers the areas of group work, collaborative
systems, telecommunications, computing and distributed systems.
http://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/~oklee/collab_computing.html
Communications of the ACM. Published monthly by the Association of Computing
Machinery. ISSN 0001-0782.
Computer Graphics Forum: Journal of the European Association for Computer
Graphics. Amsterdam : North Holland. ISSN 0167-7055.
Computer Graphics World. Published monthly by PennWell Publishing Company.
Subscription inquiries: 918-835-3161. ISSN 0271-4159.
Check out CGW Online at http://www.cgw.com
Computer Graphics. Published by the Special Interest Group on Computer
Graphics of the Association for Computing Machinery. ISSN 0097- 8930.
Computers & Graphics: An International Journal of Systems & Applications in
Computer Graphics. J. L. Encarnacao, Editor in Chief. New York: Pergamon
Press. ISSN 0097-8493. (Vol. 17, No. 6, 1993, special issue on Virtual
Reality).
Displays: Technology and Applications. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, UK.
ISSN 0141-9382.
Emerging Media Report: The Newsletter of VR, TV, CD, & BPC and Entertainment
Marketing. Emerging Media Report, Subscription Dept., 250 Mercer Street,
#B1303, New York, NY, 10012. Tel: 212 388-0842
Feedback: Virtual Reality Society Newsletter. Bi-monthly publication by the
VRS. Informs of VRS developments, as well as the general VR industry.
Human Factors. Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. ISSN
0018-7208.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer
Society. ISSN 0272-1716.
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. Published monthly by the
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. ISSN 0739-5175.
IEEE Spectrum Magazine. Published month by The Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers. ISSN 0018-9235.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. Published by The
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. ISSN 1077-2626.
Image and Vision Computing. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, UK. ISSN
0262-8856.
Insight: The Visual Performance Technical Group Newsletter. Visual
Performance Technical Group, Human Factors Society.
International Journal of Virtual Reality . Editorial Office Richard A.
Blade. Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief 2608 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80907 Phone/FAX: 800/333-0220 Email: rbl...@serf.uccs.edu Business
Office J. Fred Henderson, Ed.D., Managing Editor P.O. Box 925, Leadville, CO
80461 Phone: 800/474- 4587 (800/IPI-IJVR) FAX: 719/486-3652 Email:
ij...@usa.net
Interactive Update. Published bimonthly by Alexander and Associates.
Alexander and Assoc. is a market research business planning firm
specializing in entertainment. Contact Alexander and Assoc., 38 E. 29th St.,
10th Fl., New York, NY, 10016. Tel: 212-684-2333, Fax: 212-684- 0291.
IRIS Universe: The Magazine of Visual Computing. Published quarterly by
Silicon Graphics, Inc., 2011 North Shoreline Boulevard, Mail Stop 415,
Mountain View, CA 94039-7311. Subscriptions are available to qualified
users. ISSN 1061-6608. WWW:
http://www.sgi.com/Technology/Publications/iris_universe.html
Journal of Medicine and Virtual Reality. Publication of the International
TeleSurgery Society (ITS). For subscription information contact: Stanley
Goldstein, SIG-ADVANCED APPLICATIONS, INC, 1562 First Avenue, Suite 286, New
York, NY 10028. Telephone: 212-517-3995 Fax: 212- 861-0588/89.
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society: Audio/Acoustics/Applications.
Audio Engineering Society (AES), New York, NY. ISSN 0004-7554 Journal of
Visualization and Computer Animation. Published quarterly by John Wiley and
Sons Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, USA. ISSN 1049-8907.
Optical Engineering. Published monthly by the Society of Photo-optical
Instrumentation Engineers (Bellingham, WA: SPIE). ISSN 0091-3286.
PIX-elation. Bi-monthly publication of VRASP (Virtual Reality Alliance of
Students and Professionals. Contact: VRASP PO Box 4139, Highland Park, NJ
08904-4139.
Personal Technologies. Published quarterly. , ISBN 0949-2054.
Springer-Verlag London Ltd., Sweetapple House, Catteshall Lane, Godalming,
Surrey, GU8 3DJ. Tel: 00 44 1483 415142/Fas: 00 44 1483 415144. Email:
PeTe-en...@csm.uwe.ack.uk.
http://gate.uwe.ac.uk:8000/csm/research/PIM/PeTe.html
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. Published quarterly by the
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 02142. ISSN 1054-7460. Subscription requests should
be addressed MIT Press Journals 55 Hayward Street Cambridge, Massachusetts
02142-1399 (617) 253-2889 (617) 258-6779 (fax) E-mail:
journals-orders@.mit.edu. WWW link:
http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/jrnls-catalog/presence.html
Real Time Graphics. The Newsletter of Virtual Environment Technologies and
Markets, 10/yr, CGSD Corporation [2483 Old Middlefield Way #140, Mt. View,
CA, 94043] 415-903-4924, fax 415-967- 5252, e-mail r...@cgsd.com,
http://www.cgsd.com
Real-Time Imaging. The first issue will be published the first quarter of
1995 by Academic Press, London, UK. Sample copies are available from
Marketing Department, Academic Press, 24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DX, UK.
Fax: 44-71-2670362, or by email, with your full address to: r...@apuk.co.uk.
Realta' Virtuale. [Italian]. Diego Montefusco, editor. Via Rombon 11, 20134
Milano, Italy. 6 issues/year. Tel: +39 02-26412898/Fax: +39 02- 26413279.
E-mail: mont...@ghost.dsi.unimi.it.
Simulation. Published monthly by Simulation Councils, Inc. Editorial and
Circulation: Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) P.O. Box 17900, San
Diego, California 92177. Tel:619-277-3888. ISSN 0037-5497.
Virtualnomics, The Virtual Environments Special Interest Group Newsletter.
Available online, WWW:
Volume 1, No. 1. http://www.coe.neu.edu/~mourant/news1.html
Volume 2, No. 1. http://www.coe.neu.edu/~mourant/news2.html
Volume 3, No. 1. http://www.coe.neu.edu/~mourant/VETG97.HTML
Volume 4, No. 2 http://www.coe.neu.edu/~mourant/VETG297.HTML
Virtual Reality Monthly. Joe Dysart, Editor and Publisher, Email:
dys...@delphi.com. Voice: (805) 498-2013/Fax: (805) 499-7014 Virtual Reality
Special Report. Published bimonthly by Miller Freeman Inc., 600 Harrison
St., San Francisco, CA 94107, Tel: 415-905-2200. ISSN 1074-1038.
Virtual Reality Update. Toni Emerson, editor. [On-line]. This is an
electronic publication published quarterly on the Usenet newsgroup
sci.virtual-worlds. VRU contains new articles, conference papers and
electronic sources that will be added to the comprehensive bibliography,
Virtual Interface Technology: Selected Citations to the Literature.
Available on the HITL WWW site:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/knowledge_base/vru/
Virtual Reality: Research, Development and Application: The Journal of the
Virtual Reality Society. This journal is an official publication of the
Virtual Reality Society. There are different subscription rates for the
journal, with members receiving the journal at a discounted rate. The rates
are as follows: non-members and institutions: UKP175/US$350 and members of
the VRS: UKP95/US$190 To subscribe to the journal, contact: Journal
Subscription Department, The Virtual Reality Society, PO Box 316, Haywards,
HeathWest Sussex, RH17 5YA, UK.
Virtual: Mensile di Realita Virtuale e Immagini di Sintesi. [Italian]
Contact: Edizioni Wilson srl, via Ravizza 53/A, 20149 Milano, Italy. Tel:
02/48010171 - 4987826. Fax" -24092-09, email: virtual.it.
Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics. Official
journal of the Computer Graphics Society. Published by Springer
International, Berlin. ISSN 0178-2789.
VR News - The Virtual Realty Newsletter. Mike Bevan, editor. Published ten
times per year. Cydata Limited, PO Box 2515, London N4 4JW, England; Tel and
Fax: (44) 81-292-1498. WWW page: http://www.vrnews.com
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Subject: -4- What are the VR related newsgroups?
There are many Usenet newsgroups which contain information relevant to
various aspects of the diverse virtual-worlds community.
Newsgroup Descripton
comp.graphics.misc Computer graphics, art, animation, image
processing
comp.graphics.api.opengl
comp.human-factors Issues related to human-computer interaction (HCI)
comp.multimedia Interactive multimedia technologies of all kinds
comp.realtime Issues related to real-time computing
comp.research.japan The nature of research in Japan (Mod)
comp.simulation Simulation methods, problems, uses. (Mod)
comp.sys.sgi.graphics Graphics packages and issues on SGI machines
comp.sys.sgi.misc Issues on SGI machines
sci.cognitive Perception, memory, judgement and reasoning.
sci.optics Discussion relating to the science of optics.
sci.virtual-worlds Virtual Reality technology and culture. (Mod)
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Subject: -5- What are the related VR related mailing lists?
BattleTech VR Mailing List
"Fan" page dedicated to, but not sponsored by, the VR games "BattleTech" and
"Red Planet" put out by Virtual World Entertainment. Run by Norman
"Beaver-1" Choe and Charlotte "Freya" Henkle, the list offers pilots hints,
tips, rumors and stories with pilots around the world, including the
international Virtual World sites in Japan and Australia. Representatives
from VWE are present on the list, though not in any official fashion. For
subscription information, send email to btech- req...@world.std.com, and an
automated reply will be sent to you.
To receive a copy of the FAQ (one is sent when joining the list), send the
words "info btech" in the body of a message to "majo...@world.std.com".
The FAQ is also available online by ftp and www.
http://http.bsd.uchicago.edu/~c-henkle/faq3-0.html
http://http.bsd.uchicago.edu/~c-henkle/html/btech.html
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CBNVEE at mcmuse.mc.maricopa.edu
Subject: Building Educational Environments Using Networked Virtual Reality
Software.
Purpose: A place for those building educational environments using networked
virtual reality software such as MUSE, TinyMUSH and Moo to pool knowledge
and discuss issues. E-mail subscription request to
cbn...@mcmuse.mc.maricopa.edu with an informal message to subscribe.
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Distributed Interactive Simulation Protocol and NPS software implementation,
DIS-List: E-mail subscription request to dis-...@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil .
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DIVE Mailing List
A list for users of the DIVE VR system. The list is called "div...@sics.se.
Mail sent to this address will be sent to all members. To subscribe to this
list send e-mail to majo...@sics.se with "subscribe divers" in the body of
the message.
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Glove List
The glove-list was created in 1991 to provide a rapid communication channel
to hackers adapting the Power Glove for use in low-cost VR systems. J. Eric
Townsend, j...@well.sf.ca.us, was the administrator for this list. The actual
PowerGlove Mailing list is nonactive. To quote the administrator, "The
PowerGlove mailing list is dead. (It fell on its head)." However, there is a
great HTML doc available on the WWW:
http://www.spies.com/jet/VR/faq-0.3.html
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Haptics List
This purpose of the list is to create a forum for research discussion,
questions, etc. as well as to provide information on the latest
applications, devices, software, etc
To subscribe to the list, send a message to majo...@asel.udel.edu with
SUBSCRIBE HAPTICS in the body. The Subject: will be ignored. Upon
subscription, you will receive more information about the list, and how to
obtain information on list operation.
If there are any problems, please send a message to
haptics-...@asel.udel.edu or myself at j.p....@ieee.org
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Homebrew-vr
Non-commercial list server for those interested in "low-cost" virtual
reality devices. To join, send e-mail: homebrew-...@acm.uiuc.edu with
subject of "subscribe."
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Immersion Quest
Not exactly a mailing list, but I didn't have anywhere else to put it. Part
of Howard Rheingold's www.minds.com site, this "conversation" is with the
wise and funny Linda Jacobson (Silicon Graphics very own VR guru). You'll
hear about events and occurrences relevant to virtual reality, "experiential
computing," and immersive technologies and applications. To get there,
http://www.minds.com and click on "Conversations". Linda's "Immersion Quest"
is listed under "Edge Tech Conversations".
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Infobahn
Managed by Michael Zyda at Naval Postgraduate School.
To subscribe to infobahn:
Send email note to info...@cs.nps.navy.mil
Put in the body of the message (brackets unnecessary).
To post to infobahn:
Send the post to info...@cs.nps.navy.mil
You must be a subscriber to post.
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Iris On-Line:
This is a mailing list based on the SGI monthly news magazine. The types of
articles published are: SGI press releases, SGI and related product
announcements, technical articles, training course schedules and general
information regarding SGI products and services. To subscribe, E-mail:
listm...@sgi.com and put the message "subscribe nyn-emag". You can also
subscribe at:
http://www.sgi.com/Technology/Publications/iris_on_line_sub.html
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PowerGlove Serial Interface (PGSI) Send mail to pg...@uiuc.edu
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RenderWare List ftp site ftp.canon.co.uk A mailing list for information
about RenderWare If you want to join the list send mail to
list...@canon.co.uk with the first line: "subscribe RW-LIST <Full Name>".
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VeRGe-Events
To subscribe to the VeRGe-Events mailing list, send a message to:
verge-even...@cyberworks.com with the message: "subscribe
verge-events" in the body of the message.
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VIRTPSY - Virtual Reality Psychology
VIRTPSY is open to researchers, practitioners, and students of psychology
who are interested in the social contracts and interactions within the
enviroments known as Virtual Reality. It shall explore the impacts of both
text and graphic based enviroments on these new avenues of interpersonal
relations. VIRTPSY is available by free subscription. To subscribe, send an
email message to: LIST...@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU No subject heading is needed.
In the BODY of the message write the following: SUBSCRIBE VIRTPSY First Name
Last Name
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vworlds-list
The vworlds-list is an unmoderated list with the charter to discuss the
aesthetic and artistic aspects of virtual worlds freed from technical
constraints. To subscribe, send mail to vworlds-li...@netcom.com for
instructions. List Owner: Kevin Goldsmith, email: ke...@unitcircle.org.
VWorlds Mailing List
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The Virtual Worlds Artist's Mailing list. For information on subscribing,
you can send mail to vworlds-li...@netcom.com
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Vworlds-biz Mail List
http://www.maddog.com/vwbizinfo.html
The list includes topics about any virtual world business from text-based
muds to 3D Quake-like worlds, to full body-armor VR. To subscribe regular
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Subject: -7-Information on VRML
usenet groups:
alt.lang.vrml
comp.lang.vrml
* comp.lang.vrml FAQ
sgi.cosmoplayer
The best place to start for information on VRML is the SDSC Repository at:
http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/
For an uptodate listing of the VRML WWW sites that _I_ know about, please
check my "On the Net" document:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/knowledge_base/vrm.html
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VRML Mailing Lists
VRML Mailing List, http://vag,vrml.org
To join the VRML standards discussion, please subscribe to the www-vrml
mailing list. Send mail to: www-vrml...@vag.vrml.org. With a single
word in the message body, "subscribe".
VRML Lists at SDSC, http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/mailing.html
vrml-be...@sdsc.edu
Technical discussion on describing behaviors within VRML. Topics include how
to add interaction and animation behaviors to VRML, scripting language
issues, implementation details, and so forth Unmoderated.
vrml-m...@sdsc.edu
Technical discussion on geometry description issues in VRML. Topics include
features of current and proposed geometric primitives, import/export tools,
compatibility with existing systems, implementation details, performance
issues, cross-platform issues, and so forth. Unmoderated.
vrml...@sdsc.edu
Technical discussion on the use of VRML in visualization. Topics include
problems with the current VRML specification, suggestions for future VRML
features, and design of a standard prototype set for visualization
applications. Unmoderated
Online VRML Publications
VRML Review
VRMLSite Magazine
VRML Update
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VRML Books and Magazines
Complete list of VRML Books is available at the VRML Repository:
http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/books.html
VRML Browsing and Building Cyberspace by Mark Pesce
VRML Sourcebook by Ames, Nadeau and Moreland.
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Subject: -8- Credits
Comments about, suggestions about or corrections to this posting are
welcomed. If you would like to ask me to change this posting in someway, the
method I appreciate most is for you to email me the proposed change. Make
sure to indicate the section; preferably attaching the original "text" that
you propose to change as well.
The following people assisted in the creation of this article:
Aaron Pulkka for his work in writing the _MetaFAQ_. Mark DeLoura for his
work on the original FAQ, _TheRealFAQ_.
This article was originally written by: Toni Emerson,
email:teme...@hitl.washington.edu.