Amiga Virtual Reality

[weirdami]

Wasn't there a headset/goggle monitor type thing for the Amiga way back when? I think I remember it being advertised as being just like watching a movie screen or something. What was it called? Did you have to plug it in to the wall for power?

[amigagr]

''Amiga Virtual Reality''  that's a good name for AmigaInc :-)

@weirdami: i wish i could help...

[Lemmink]

The thing was called I-Glasses. The "Amiga-Version" didn`t really differ from the PC-Version. There were even some games that supported it like NemacIV.

[Matt_H]

Wow. I never knew the i-Glasses were actually released.

Gloom Deluxe also claims to support them.

[Hyperspeed]

I think the i-Glasses were made by Escom in the mid-90s... they were very expensive ($1,000+ I think).

Gloom Deluxe was another game that supported them, not that you'd want to play a game like that on a virtual 80' monitor.

;-)

I did read here though that the REAL red and black virtual reality machines used A3000s with some sort of dual GFX card setup.


EDIT:
Ahh, Matt_H beat me!

;-)

[B00tDisk]

It wasn't just the iGlasses - there were at least two other VR products for the Amiga, one of which was used at "Virtual World" centers (a pvp first person shooter - well before DOOM, thank you! called "Dactyl", a racing game and a harrier sim).

[Methuselas]

The original Battletech Outpost used to use a3000s. I know, 'cos I constantly had to fix the {bleep}ers. Then, they 'upgraded' (if you can call it that) to Pentium 100's.


Man, that was a long time ago....

[Hyperspeed]

by Methuselas:
Man, that was a long time ago....

Those must have been 1992/93!

[marcfrick2112]

@Hyperspeed. Yeah, I believe the original 'Virtuality' VR games used Amigas, not sure of what model, tho. As mentioned, the Battletech outpost multi-player games had an A3000 in each 'cockpit', how's that for an expensive video game! They did use a crummy Mac to print out the 'battle rreport' tho.....
I played both at GenCon here in milwaukee many years ago.
(they also had like 20 A500's running various classic Amiga games, Walker, being the favorite)
 :popcorn:

[Hyperspeed]

Hold on a second... wasn't Xoops censoring the word 'cock(/pit)'?

:-D

I wonder what games would make the Top 10 of the Virtual Reality genre for Amiga. Quake would have to be placed somewhere.

Wonder if the Battletech source-code is floating about...

:-)

Walker was a great game, a very impressive blaster.

[marcfrick2112]

Hyperspeed wrote:
Hold on a second... wasn't Xoops censoring the word 'cock(/pit)'?

:-D

I wonder what games would make the Top 10 of the Virtual Reality genre for Amiga. Quake would have to be placed somewhere.

Wonder if the Battletech source-code is floating about...

:-)

Walker was a great game, a very impressive blaster.

'Cockpit' sorry, I forgot that it is illegal to write 99% of the words I use everyday..... :lol:
   
I would also like to check out the Battletech source, and I don't know a thing about programming... :roll:
   
And, I must admit, I still fire up Walker now and then...too bad Psygnosis sold thier soul to Sony... :madashell:

[Iggy_Drougge]

Could you be thinking of the X-specs 3D?

[Methuselas]

Hyperspeed wrote:

by Methuselas:
Man, that was a long time ago....

Those must have been 1992/93!

Yeah, it was sometime in 1993. It was after I got out of the service.

[weirdami]

@Lemmink
I found one on ebay ---->here.

Check out that price. Looks like they still have value these days. It also looks like there's a bunch of other ones like it out now, too.

I was thinking it would be cool to attach a radio camera to a remote control car and feed the signal through the glasses and drive like you were in the seat or something. Now, if I can only figure out how to get a foam disc launcher to work by remote control. :-D

[Tahoe]

One of those virtuality systems (based on an Amiga 3000) was actually for sale here in the netherlands. I seriously considered buying it, be it not for my lack of space, they have a rather large footprint....