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- From: mckinley@fnalnh.fnal.gov (V04410_MCKINLEY, JAMES T.)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: JOBS: Industries and VR?
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 06:44:01 GMT
- Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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- In article <1jgatuINNdbt@shelley.u.washington.edu>, magick@iastate.edu (Krutch)
- writes...
- >
- >
- >Hello. Although I am just getting started in Virtual Reality
- >programming, I have been interested in the subject for quite a while.
- >My roomate and I have come up with numerous ideas for VR work in game
- >and educational settings.
- >
- >What I am wondering is, plain and simple, what it takes to break into
- >the business. I spend a lot of my time outside of going to classes
- >brushing up on my C and C++ skills, and attempting to work out 3d
- >drawing, shading, etc techniques.
- >
- >Are there companies out there that are looking for ideas from "no
- >names?" Better yet, what are the possibilities of getting internships
- >with some of the world's Virtual Reality leaders?
- >
- >Any replies would be appreciated. Mail would probably be faster,
- >however, as my time is limited on the many newsgroups I subscribe to.
- >Thanks in advance.
- >
- >Robert Gooch
- >magick@iastate.edu
- >
- >--
- >= Robert Gooch (magick@iastate.edu) --- Programmer Wannabe =
- >= --- Mac, IBMs, Amigas and more.. =
- >= Virtual Reality, the place to be. =
- >= Disclaimer: I might be a longhair, but so was Jesus... =
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- I would also be very interested in this information. I am writing my Ph.D.
- thesis in experimental high energy physics now and plan to graduate in about
- 1 1/2 - 2 years and am considering rtrying to get a job (postdoc or permanent) i
- n
- VR development. Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
- Thanks for your time.
-
- Jim
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