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- SYSTEM DEVELOPER / CONSULTANTS
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- The category SYSTEM DEVELOPER / CONSULTANTS as been
- designed to list organizations that classify themselves as
- designers, developers, integrators and / or consultants who work
- with or wish to work more with VR related technology. Some of
- the organizations listed here may be cross-referenced with other
- categories because they also develop their own systems for
- commercial use and for off-the-shelf sales or are experts in an
- area that enables them to consult in VR related systems design
- without making a total commitment as an integrator or developer
- of VR exclusively.
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- Many developer / consultants are new to the VR field as it is a
- new field, and others are veterans to areas such as flight
- simulation which has never traditionally been referred to as VR
- but nonetheless is inexorably linked. VR, being such a new field,
- is full of new twists and turns. Some are developing systems and
- VR components in secret. This technology is not available to all
- players simultaneously. Most have signed non-disclosure and
- partnership agreements with others that makes them particularly
- strong as developers while others will refuse to use competitor
- technology. All in the name of business! If we were to sign very
- many of those agreements, we wouldn't be able to talk about the
- weather, let alone compile a guide of VR related material. Even in
- the final days of this book, we began to call people and tell them
- what we were going to write and in some cases that would turn
- out to be absolutely NOTHING because they never would say
- much about what they were really doing. They did, however, see
- the logic in being listed in this guide and we made sure to let
- them know that we were the ones who were saddled with the
- task of trying to describe their work.
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- It helps to write something that will stimulate an interested
- reader to ask for more information. If you or your organization
- are players that you feel should be listed in this category, please
- contact us with details so we can consider your entry for our next
- guide revision.
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