Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Virtual reality based systems

2012-04-08 Thread Varun Prakash
Thanks for the replies everyone. I am looking for commercial VR systems. As Jason has pointed out - there is a huge market in the education and entertainment industry, I am trying to research more into the education and entertainment industry. There seems to be market for training simulators - e.g

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Virtual reality based systems

2012-04-05 Thread Dylan Jay
On 05/04/2012, at 9:40 AM, Chris Were wrote: > > More seriously: VR has proved a bust a long time ago... > > I assume you're referring to consumer VR -- it's been used in the military for years. In the consumer space, I expect we're getting close to having all the necessary pieces for another

[SiliconBeach] Re: Virtual reality based systems

2012-04-04 Thread Jason Held
Hi Varun, Last year we did some experiments evaluating the Leonar3DO for satellite operations. It's interesting but we found touch-screens to be more practical for what we're trying to do. The barriers that Chris and Geoff mentioned are partially solved-- sensors are better, lighter weight, lower

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Virtual reality based systems

2012-04-04 Thread Chris Were
> > More seriously: VR has proved a bust a long time ago... > > I assume you're referring to consumer VR -- it's been used in the military for years. In the consumer space, I expect we're getting close to having all the necessary pieces for another transforming technology. The hurdles to consumer

[SiliconBeach] Re: Virtual reality based systems

2012-04-04 Thread Geoff Langdale
My thoughts are that if the wormhole you are communicating through permits two-way communication: when three companies called Netscape, Yahoo and Google are created and have IPOs you should definitely invest. More seriously: VR has proved a bust a long time ago, which is sort of disappointing, to