Where Are They Now?
Is VR the New Wasteland? (from 1993….)
VR today is like early TV: it suffers from the split personality of most start-up high-tech industries. At the one end is the top of the line research, carried out by institutions with no mandate to sell anything. At the other end, we have new...
W Industries – In the Beginning…
Chris Hand from Leicester Polytechnic offers a delightful history of W Industries, the company who brought us the various Virtuality VR game systems. His history begins in the early 80's and takes us only to early October of 1991, not long...
The Games That Would Be King
From 1991 to 1996 W Industries Virtuality systems defined the image of VR in the location based entertainment arena. Here in the US, Horizon Entertainment was their sole distributor. W Industries was remarkably innovative with their use of technology, but...
The City and the Stars – VR a Billion Years From Now!
Back when VR really had some cred, the Diaspar Virtual Reality Network hopped on the bandwagon. Imagine, if you will, a dial-up service with a feature list, every item containing the phrase "will be", as in this feature will be available... but...
Welcome to the “Where Are They Now?” Club
The somewhat short lived "Virtual Reality Systems" magazine ran an irregular column "Bitz and Bytz" subtitled "These news items are excerpts of what happened in the world of Virtual Reality during the past 12 months." Have a gander at the...
Liquid Image MRG2.2 Disassembly and Potential Upgrades
I've gotten a ton of emails hurled at me about the Liquid Image MRG2.2 VR helmet. The gist of most of them is: "Hey, I love the wide field of view and how rugged the MRG2.2 is, but I wish I could upgrade the LCD resolution, and, is there a way...
Victormaxx Stuntmaster vs. PETA and a Teardown!
This totally excellent demo of the Victormaxx Stuntmaster helmet speaks for itself. Lyme disease aside, the Stuntmaster's wretched optical qualities seem overly cruel to this beast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r58xRwqH_po And...
CYBERSEX – You’ll Never Buy An X-Rated Video Again!
Apparently Cybertech didn't anticipate Torrents and the Usenet. Anyway, "sigh-burr-sex" seemed like a slam dunk in '94. No one seemed concerned that a machine might rub you the wrong way. Money quotes from the Cybertech Systems marketing slick:...