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- From: billc@Apple.COM (Bill Cockayne)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: WHERE: VR Sites list!
- Date: 3 Jan 93 01:16:32 GMT
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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- Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu
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- Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
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- Here are a list of sites related to discussions or the archiving of
- virtual worlds technology. At the end are discussions that can be
- found on different systems.
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- If you know of any other please send info to me at billc@apple.com.
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- FTP sites:
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- NOTE: sugrfx.acs.syr.edu (128.230.24.1) is officially down. All data from
- this site has been moved to sunsite.unc.edu (152.2.22.81). Also, new
- stuff has been added, so check it out!
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- sunee.uwaterloo.ca (129.97.50.50)
- - home of REND386 (freeware VR library/package)
- /pub (misc directories on pglove, raytracing, et al.)
- /pub/vr
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- milton.u.washington.edu (128.95.136.1)
- - home of sci.virtual-worlds, huge faq w/ great info!
- /public/virtual-worlds
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- [MOD'S NOTE: milton is going down, replaced by stein.u.washington.edu
- The FAQ, etc., have been moved. You probably should use ftp.washington.
- edu in the future, if stein is uncooperative. -- Bob Jacobson]
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- karazm.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.1)
- - home of the glove list, nice code
- /pub/VR
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- ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3)
- - sites list, Macintosh vr, CAD projects info
- /pub/VR
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- sunsite.unc.edu (152.2.22.81)
- - virtual reality demos, iris info, glasses, mirrors some of
- milton.u.washington.edu, uforce info
- /pub/academic/computer-science/virtual-reality
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- src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.2.1)
- - great usenet archives including stuff from sci.v-w, also
- has info on ISIS and a VR app for ISIS
- /usenet/comp.archives/auto/comp.sys.isis
- /usenet/comp.archives/auto/sci.virtual-worlds
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- wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
- - complete mirror of milton.u.washington.edu VR archive
- - docs for sega glasses --> RS232 iface, nintendo glove stuff
- - wuarchive is also a graphics archive with over 500 megs of
- graphics related info and source (/graphics)
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- TELNET sites:
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- phantom.com (38.145.218.228)
- - home of the MindVox system. telnet to and log in as guest.
- (you will be charged an access fee if you decide to become a user)
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- *Discussions*
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- Internet
- - sci.virtual-worlds and sci.virtual-worlds-apps, moderated by Bob Jacobson
- and Mark A. DeLoura, are the main online VR discussions.
-
- - alt.cyberpunk often concerns topics related to VR, though that is not the
- focus of the discussions themselves.
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- America Online:
- - The VR discussion on AOL is sponsored by Virtus Corporation and can be
- found in their directory. To get to the discussion, use the keyword
- VIRTUS,and look in the "Let's Discuss" folder.
-
- The Well's vr conference
- - (How do you get to this?)
-
- [MOD'S NOTE: The Telnet address is 192.132.30.2, but you'll have to
- become a (modestly) paying subscriber. -- Bob Jacobson]
-
- BIX
- - (How do you get to this?)
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- CompuServe
- - (How do you get to this?)
-
- (Are there any other systems that I am missing? Are there any other
- discussions that should be added? Are there any other things that should
- be added to this list? Is anyone actually reading this far? Personal mail
- only please. - billc)
-