Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-18 Thread Jorge Van Hemelryck
Nice... FWIW, here's what more or less the product we currently use at work: http://www.sogitec.com/anglais/produita/apogee.htm As it's on the web, I guess it's not too secret. Ours runs on a bunch of cupboard-sized computers, but it can provide rather interesting images... projected on a singl

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Jim Wilson
H...looks like he's really lost it this time. Best, Jim "Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > WillyB writes: > > H At least it's not WinBlows :P > > > > Seriously, and just out of curiousity, what OS would be your choice? > > This is getting *way* off topic and *way* into

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread WillyB
On Thursday 10 July 2003 17:11, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > WillyB writes: > > H At least it's not WinBlows :P > > > > Seriously, and just out of curiousity, what OS would be your choice? > > This is getting *way* off topic and *way* into the area of personal > opinion, but I personally run De

RE: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Jim Wilson
"Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Out of curiosity what OS is this running on > > I'm embarrased to admit it, but the computers are running DeadRat 7.2 > That's a distro, not an OS :-). A bunch of valuable time can be saved using a popular distro. This doesn't necessarily h

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Curtis L. Olson
WillyB writes: > H At least it's not WinBlows :P > > Seriously, and just out of curiousity, what OS would be your choice? This is getting *way* off topic and *way* into the area of personal opinion, but I personally run Debian. I've been hearing good things about Gentoo lately so that's

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread WillyB
On Thursday 10 July 2003 16:42, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Norman Vine writes: > > Curtis L. Olson writes: > > > Today I was able to get FlightGear running on a 5 projector wrap > > > around display. > > > > > > Here is a picture of the facility (when it was running other > > > software): > > > > > >

RE: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Norman Vine writes: > Curtis L. Olson writes: > > > > Today I was able to get FlightGear running on a 5 projector wrap > > around display. > > > > Here is a picture of the facility (when it was running other > > software): > > > >http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/Facilities/simpics/screenandcar_

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Jim Wilson writes: > Very nice! So when you turn the wheel, does it steer or do you use > the pedals? > > Any chance I could borrow it just for the weekend? If any one wanted to travel to minneapolis, there is a good chance I could get you in for a demo (assuming the sim isn't being used at th

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Jim Wilson
Very nice! So when you turn the wheel, does it steer or do you use the pedals? Any chance I could borrow it just for the weekend? Best, Jim "Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >From the FWIW department ... > > Today I was able to get FlightGear running on a 5 projector wrap > aro

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Matt Fienberg
Years ago, while working for CAE-Link (formerly Singer Link, now part of Hughes Training) there was a gentleman working in the visuals group who was able to produce the illusion of full motion video at roughly 4 hz, IIRC, using some synchronization from an eye-tracking device. Never did get to see

RE: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Norman Vine
Curtis L. Olson writes: > > Today I was able to get FlightGear running on a 5 projector wrap > around display. > > Here is a picture of the facility (when it was running other > software): > >http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/Facilities/simpics/screenandcar_small.jpg > Neat :-) Out of curiosi

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread WillyB
On Thursday 10 July 2003 14:41, Lee Elliott wrote: > On Thursday 10 July 2003 22:38, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > From the FWIW department ... > > > > Today I was able to get FlightGear running on a 5 projector wrap > > around display. > > > > Here is a picture of the facility (when it was running ot

[Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Curtis L. Olson
>From the FWIW department ... Today I was able to get FlightGear running on a 5 projector wrap around display. Here is a picture of the facility (when it was running other software): http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/Facilities/simpics/screenandcar_small.jpg There are 5 forward channels each cov

Re: [Flightgear-devel] 5 projector wrap around display.

2003-07-10 Thread Lee Elliott
On Thursday 10 July 2003 22:38, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > From the FWIW department ... > > Today I was able to get FlightGear running on a 5 projector wrap > around display. > > Here is a picture of the facility (when it was running other > software): > >http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/Faciliti