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- From: MITZEL@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU (BEVERLY MITZEL - )
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: SCI: VR AND DIVING
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.011853.13303@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:08:26 GMT
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- Hello,
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- It seems to me, that the two are not similar at all! In scuba diving,
- as you know. objects at depth appear 25% larger, and visabiltiy (on a
- good day) is around 100 feet. (Here in New England, you're lucky if
- you get 20!) My field of view in VR has only been limited by where I
- choose to look! Although I am an avid diver, the freedom that I feel
- "flying" through a virtual space in no way compares to diving in the
- open ocean. VR, at least for me, is effortless. Scuba diving
- requires much practice and persistance to master "neutral" buoyancy.
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- I think that a Virtual Dive would probably meet or exceed the
- expectations of novice divers or divers-to-be, BETTER than the actual
- experience.
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- Beverly Mitzel
- Central Ct. State University
- New Britain, Ct
- ccsua.ctstateu.edu
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