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Anonymous
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 12:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Please tell me hoew to create a virtual reality system.
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David S
Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 9:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

its not that easy

your going to need a really powerful computer, a good programmer, lots of time, and lots of money.

just buy one

i saw kits with glasses that you record with a special cammera
then watch it with your glasses and it makes everything like a holagram.
you can walk around someone playing baseball that you recorded earlyer.

this would help you get at a good angle

the only problem is the thing is $300-400 dollers

thats a lot of $$$$$$money$$$$$$

ill try to find the site
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David S
Posted on Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 4:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

http://www.wirelessvideocameras.com/public/iglasses.htm

that is a site i found

it is not the one i wanted but its a little better
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Anonymous
Posted on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 - 2:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Here's an idea;
Get two video cameras and align them into one input. The input is processed in the computer, and the video it generates would be readable by 3d glasses. Somehow, put some motors on the cam mount, and figure out some joystick controls for it. Get a large white silk screen, and make it curve vertically around one half of the room. Get a digital video projector, connected to your output 3d video, and project it onto the screen. Possibly connedt some wireless cams on an RC car. Possibly make a surround sound system by putting some microphones around the car or mount, and place the same amount of speakers around the room.
I'm actually considering to try this some day. I got the idea from a Disney Quest game at disney world. It was a pirates of teh caribbean game that did the same sort of VR effect as this.
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Anonymous
Posted on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 - 2:55 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

If you want to go to the extreme, remove everything from the room, and turn all of the walls in to projection screens, including the door(s). On the camera mount or car, get two cameras for each angle. Front, back, left, right, and up. As you can already see, you'd have to have a lot of dough to get this accomplished. The best thing, and cheapest cameras to use would probably be x10 cams.
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Andrew
Posted on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 - 4:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

There are some other low-priced cameras here
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greg koz (Greg1118)
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Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Sunday, November 5, 2006 - 5:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Ha ha! Your first post made me laugh! I think the person hiding behind Anonymous is on the right track. But still "Please tell me hoew to create a virtual reality system." was pretty funny. you just made my day.

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