CompuServe Thread

VR – AutoCAD

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#130352From: Tony MasonOct 21, 1994 5:33 AM
Hi, Can you help me? I represent a company of architects who use drawing packages such as Autocad 10 , Autocad 11 and 3-D Studio. One of the Partners, Mr Andre Krige, is anxious to move his presentations to prospective clients into the 21st century. At present he uses 3D studio to create animations of clients buildings but as you are aware this lacks the true 3D effect. We would obviously like to someday arrive at the scenario :- a client straps on a headset & gloves and 'walks' through his building making changes wherever he wants. We are not sure if this technology exists as of yet to take us to this point but we are willing to look at anything that is avaliable. We do not mind doing some development e.g writing code etc as my client has always been at the forefront of technology in this country and is keen to stay there. My details are:- Mr Tony Mason APM Systems P.O.Box 5706 Rivonia 2128 South Africa Compuserve 100100,2431 Tel 082 442 3224 (Cellular) (Need International code for RSA) Tel 027 11 803 3232 Fax 027 11 807 0012 PS My clients H/W details are as follows :- 90 Mhz Pentium CPU 512K Cache 64Mbytes EISA Ram 2 Gbyte Hard disk ATI MAch 64 Accelerator with 4Mbytes Vram DC880 Vesa Cache Controller with 16Mbytes Ram Thanking you for your attention Tony
#130361From: Jonas Ruikis [ADESK]Oct 21, 1994 8:28 AM
Hi Tony, << a client straps on a headset & gloves and 'walks' through his building making changes wherever he wants. >> Navigator.. by Micron Green 904-376-1529 Stereo Studio, Cyberscope..by Simsalabim 510-528-2021 PhotoVR… by StrayLight 908-580-0086 Virtus WalkThru,Virtus VR by Virtus Corp. 800-847-8871 Check some of these out.. jonas[adesk]
#130624From: Angela PateOct 22, 1994 4:30 PM
>>a client straps on a headset & gloves and 'walks' through his building making changes wherever he wants.<< Thanks to Jonas for mentioning us…. We would be happy to answer any questions about NAVIGATOR. It is designed for 3D Studio and AutoCAD users. We read in DXF and 3DS files and are currently using VUE files for importing animations into the virtual world, with or without camera action included. This means that while the animation in playing, you are free to fly around and do things (edit objects, access in-environment hypertext, etc.) There are several tools available for the client to walk about and change things with, we call them wands. There is even a user definable wand via ascii script files. We support hardware from keyboard, monitor and mouse up through full 6D sensors and head mount displays, all from the same version of the software. There is an AutoCAD ADS version and a stand alone. Someday… we'll be inside of 3D Studio….<ggg> We will add you to our mailing list. Contact us if you like, 'pleased to meet you…. Angela Pate