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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Did not teach me anything useful,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: The Virtual Reality Homebrewer's Handbook (Paperback)
This book was written in 1996, and it shows. All the hardware it teaches to use is terribly outdated and may not even exist anymore (the CyberMaxx HMD it teaches you to program is an example). If you believe this book will make you able to build a VR deck to experience in virtual reality every computer game you have... forget it.
The projects in this book are very much like Physics demonstrations at school: cute bute useless ways to teach any concept, and sometimes non-standard terms are intentionally used to generate confusion. For example: a portable TV strapped to your eyes and viewed through a lens is called a "biocular display" and made to look like a homemade version of a real VR helmet; a flimsy thing made of wood that holds a Fresnel lens in front of your screen is called a projector; the "flying joystick" is just a standard 1996 disemboweled joystick, held together with duct tape. If you want to illude some Lawnmower Man fans, convince them to buy this book. |
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The Virtual Reality Homebrewer's Handbook by Robin Hollands (Paperback - Aug. 1996)
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