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- From: laukee@canon.co.uk (David Lau-Kee)
- Subject: Re: TECH: Mac-based VR?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.182240.6499@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:44:31 GMT
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- dream!Ray_Hines@bikini.cis.ufl.edu (Ray Hines) writes:
- ...
- > D> ... you seem to forgot that the A3000 in the Virtuality system DOES
- > D> NOT generate any image. There are TWO Texas Instruments (34020 if I
- >don't
- > D> miss) graphic processors and their co-processors to manage the real
- >time
- > D> rendering, one for each eye.
- > D> An A3000 could never deliver the same graphic speed...
- ...
- >I have a magazine article. It's about the Virtuality system. W
- >Industries is saying that the "Amiga controls everything" and that it
- >is indeed the heart of the system. :)
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- Hmmm... The Expality uses 2 x 34020, 2 x 34082, 680[34]0/68882. This
- gives an unsurprising 30K pps. The "Amiga" may be "the heart" of the
- system, but it isn't the muscle.
-
- David
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