
Software - VR Packages / Modellers
Themekit - MindRender Virtual Reality Explorer Kit (VREK).
Sense8 - Worldsuite visualization software.
Colt VR - VECTOR VR training software.
SuperScape - Interactive 3D software.
Cosmo Software - SGI Cosmo 3d tools for Windows, Mac and UNIX.
SkyLine Systems - SkyLine TerraBuilder, TerraExplorer, TerraDeveloper
products.
Intervista Software - Developing Premier Business Visualization Solutions, WorldView.
GNU Maverik - Free open-source VR micro-kernel for UNIX and Linux.
Deva - Project to build multi-user VE system around the GNU Maverik VR micro-kernel.
Vis5D - A interactive visualation system for large 5-D datasets, source code and binaries are freely availble for many diffrent OS's.
Software - VR Programming Toolkits / Librarys
GNU Maverik - Free open-source VR micro-kernel for UNIX and Linux.
SGI Open Inventor - Free object-oriented toolkit for developing interactive 3D graphics applications from SGI.
IRIS Performer - High-performance 3D rendering toolkit for developers of VR applications.
LIGHTCUBE - LIGHTCUBE Technologies, RealityGX is a scalable, object-oriented, mutlithreaded and multiprocessing realtime 3D/VR system.
Hardware - VR Distributors / Resellers / Guides
The VR Source - Provider of Virtual Reality technology.
Virtual Realities - Global distributor of Virtual Reality products.
Mindflux - Australian VR distributor selling various HMDs and VR hardware, software.
The VR Source - Reseller/dealer of VR hardware and software.
VR Systems - VR Systems U.K.
VR Devices - VR Devices.
VR Headsets - VRHEADSETS.co.uk, UK reseller of complete consumer VR bundles and standalone I-glasses, VFX3D and Intertrax motion trackers.
VR Buyers Guide - Ian's Virtual Reality Buyers Guide.
Hardware - Head Mounted Displays
Interactive Imaging System Inc - VFX 1, VFX 3D.
Virtual Research System Inc - V6, V8.
StereoGrapgics - CrystalEyes, SimulEyes.
Division - Head Mounted Displays.
n-Vision - Head Mounted Displays.
I-O Display Systems - i-glasses, i-glasses ProTec, i-glasses X2
Sony Corp - Glasstron personal display system.
Olympus - Olympus Eye-Trek personal display system.
Kaiser - Kaiser Electro-Optics Inc.
Liquid Image - Makers of diffrent VR HMD's.
VRex - VRex stereoscopic 3D peripals.
Ilixco - Ilixco, professional and consumer digital optics solutions.
3dist - Digital Imaging & Stereoscopic Technologies.
Retinal Displays - Retinal Displays.
5DT - Fifth Dimension Technologies, 5DT HMD 800-35.
Hardware - Cyber gloves / Wands / Pointers / Trackers / Suits
5DT - Fifth Dimension Technologies, maker of gloves, trackers, HMDs and other VR periphials.
Virtual Technologies Inc - CyberGlove and other VR periphials.
The Pinch Glove - The Pinch Glove from FAKESPACE.
The EVL Wand - The EVL Virtual Reality Wand.
Ascension Spacepad - The Ascension Spacepad VR navigation gear.
Polhemus - 3SPACE FASTRAK motion tracker and 3D scanners.
Logitech - Logitech head and motion trackers.
Hardware - Gloves
5DT - Fifth Dimension Technologies, DataGlove 5.
5DT - Fifth Dimension Technologies, DataGlove 16 / 16-W.
5DT - Fifth Dimension Technologies, DataGlove MRI.
Mattel - Mattel, PowerGlove.
Virtual Technologies Inc - Virtual Technologies Inc, CyberGlove.
Hardware - 3D graphics hardware / chipsets
SGI Onyx2 - Silicon Graphics Onyx2 Infinite Reality visual supercomputer
systems.
SGI Octane - Silicon Graphics Octane workstations.
Digital/Compaq - Digital Alpha UNIX / Windows NT visual workstations.
Hewlett Packard - UNIX and Windows NT visual workstations.
Intergraph - Windows NT visual workstations, 3D accellerator cards.
Sun Microsystems - UNIX visual workstations, Creator 3D, Elite 3D graphics
cards for Sun UltraSPARC workstations.
3Dlabs - Glint GMX, DMX, Gamma, Permedia, Permedia2, Permedia3 chipsets for PC 3D graphics.
nVidia - Riva 128, Riva 128ZX, Riva TNT, Riva TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce 2 GTS chipsets for PC 3D graphics.
Bitboys - Glaze 3D chipset for PC 3D graphics.
ATI Technologies Inc - Rage 128 chipset for PC 3D graphics.
S3 Inc - Savage 3D chipset for PC 3D graphics.
3Dfx - Voodoo, Voodoo 2, Voodoo 3, Voodoo 5, banchee 3D chipsets for PC 3D graphics.
Intergraph Wildcat - Intense 3D Wildcat graphics card, multi-pipe rendering, 256 MB video memory + 1 GB texture memory.
PowerVR - NEC PowerVR chipset for PC 3D graphics.
Matrox - Matrox G100, G200 and G400 chipsets for PC 3D
graphics.
Intel i740 - Intel i740 chipset for PC
3D graphics.
Evans & Sunderland - Makers of high-end 3D graphics boards and chipsets.
Real Time Visualization - Real Time Visualization, makers of VolumePro 500 3D graphics card.
Usenet NEWS Discussion Groups
sci.virtual-worlds - General Virtual Reality discussion group.
sci.virtual-worlds.apps - Virtual Reality Applications,
(lowfeed/dead, use sci.virtual-worlds insted).
comp.graphics.api.opengl - OpenGL user & programmers discussion
group.
comp.graphics.visualization - Generic visualation discussion
group.
comp.sys.sgi.graphics - Silicon Graphics, Onyx, Onyx2, Infinite Reality,
OpenGL, Inventor grahics discussion group.
comp.lang.vrml - General VRML user/developer discussion group.
alt.cyberpunk - Discussions of VR and Cyberspace communitys from an literary and
philosophic angle.
alt.cyberpunk.tech - Discussions of future Virtual Reality techologies.
alt.cyberspace - Virtual Reality / Cyberspace discussion group. (lowfeed,
low-quality).
VR mailing lists
goggles-subscribe@listbot.com - HMDs and Virtual Reality Devices Mail List.
VR Communitys / Multi-user enviroments
SRI Share - Free multi-server multi-user VR enviroment for SGI
IRIX.
Dive - Distributed multi-user VR enviroment for UNIX and Windows NT.
The Contact Consortium - Avatars 97/98/99 conference, plenty of links to internet
online VR communities.
Blaxxun - Blaxxun Interactive VR community.
OZ - OZ Interactive.
Active Worlds - Active Worlds VR community software.
Worlds Inc - Worlds VR community.
AlphaWorld - AlphaWorld online VR community.
GeomeTrek - GeomeTrek DeepMatrix Opensource Multiuser VRML client/server software.
Community Place - Virtual Society On The Web.
StarBase C3 - StarBase C3 multi-user VRML enviroment.
The Grid - NCSA The Grid.
The Grid - NCSA The Grid cover story.
The Grid - NCSA The Grid links, news, resources.
Maverik - Free open-source VR micro-kernel for UNIX and Linux.
Deva - Project to build multi-user VE system around the Maverik VR micro-kernel.
Magazines
Digital Producer - Good magazine for 3D content creators, software and
hardware reviews.
3D Design - an other good 3D paper magazine.
Computer Graphics World - Good magaize with high-quality articles.
Fast Graphics - Good 3D hardware reviews and benchmarks.
VMW - Virtual Medicial Worlds.
VR News - VR NEWS magazine.
VR Publishing - VR Publishing magazine.
VRML / Web3D
VRML Organization - VRML standards organization site.
OpenGL
OpenGL - OpenGL main site.
SGI OpenGL - Silicon Graphics OpenGL site.
OpenGL Tutorial - Good OpenGL
programming tutorial.
OpenGL Tutorial - Mirror of the above site.
GLUT API - The OpenGL Utility Toolkit library programming
API reference.
SGI OpenGL - Silicon Graphics OpenGL homepage.
SGI Dev Central - Silicon
Graphics OpenGL developers central.
SGI Dev Central - Silicon Graphics OpenGL developers central resources.
Mesa - Free open-source implentation of the OpenGL specification for Windows and UNIX.
OpenGL Tutorials - OpenGL programming courses and tutorials, including SIGGRAPH 96, 97, 98 courses.
OpenGL Manpages - Online browsable OpenGL manpages.
SGI Tech - Silicon Graphics OpenGL technical resources.
OpenGL FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about OpenGL.
OpenGL Manual - OpenGL manual and specification.
OpenGL Resources - OpenGL resources at reality.sgi.com.
OpenGL Specs - OpenGL specification and maunal pages.
OpenGL Game - OpenGL Game programming FAQ.
OpenGL Manpages - Online manpages for GL, GLU, GLX OpenGL APIs.
GL Manpages - Online manpages for the GL API.
GLU Manpages - Online manpages for the GLU API.
GLX Manpages - Online manpages for the GLX API.
GLUT Advanced - GLUT OpenGL examples including pictures.
Precision Insight - Company developing high-performance multi-pipe OpenGL drivers for Linux and other free UNIX flavors.
VR Caves / Cubes / Domes / Spheres
The PDC VR-Cube - A VR Cube project at Center for Parallel
Computers at Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Cave Software - VR software for caves/cubes.
Cave Programming - Cave programming resources at EVL / UIC.
EVL Cave - Cave system at EVL / UIC.
Pyramid Systems Inc - Supplier of Caves, ImmersaDesk, ImmersaDesk 2,
software, etc.
The TAN Cube - TAN Projektionstechnologie, maker/seller of worlds only 6 surface VR cube, The TAN Cube.
The SICS Cave - Cave at Swedish Institute of Computer
Science.
GeoView - NCSA GeoView presentation/intoduction story.
GeoView - NCSA GeoView visualation/simulation software for cave/cubes.
HPGIS - GeoView visualation example.
NCSA - National Center for Supercomputer Applications.
CAVERNUS - CAVE Research Network User Society.
CAVERN - CAVE Research Network.
CaveLib - CAVE Library.
CAVE Users Guide - CAVE Users Guide.
Reality Center - Silicon Graphics Reality Center vizualation systems.
Cave5D - Cave5D cave visualation software.
Cave5D - Alternative Vis5D, Cave5D page.
VRAC C6 - C6 virtual reality system at Iowa State Univeristy.
VRAC C2 - C2 virtual reality system at Iowa State University.
SARA Cave - SARA Cave at Amsterdam, Netherlands.
VT Cave - Cave system at Virgina Tech University.
ARC - Alernate Realities Corporation, provides 3D/VR visualization domes in diffrent sizes.
CAVERNsoft G1 - EVL CAVERNsoft Generation 1, software architecture for CAVERN (CAVE Research Network).
CAVERNsoft G2 - EVL CAVERNsoft Generation 2, An open-source C++ toolkit for building collaborative networked applications.
University of Teesside - Virtual Reality Centre at University of Teesside.
Organizations
VRA - Virtual Reality Association.
VRS - Virtual Reality Society.
UKVR - UK Virtual Reality Forum.
SIGGRAPH - SIGGRAPH homepage.
Projects
SIGVR - Special Interest Group in Virtual Reality at University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign (UIUC).
Sites
VRAC - Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State University.
Electronic Visualization Laboratory - VR research center at UIC.
NCSA VR - VR Lab at National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
SGI Virtual Reality - Silicon Graphics Virtual Reality site.
Center for Parallel Computers - VR-Cube project, worlds first 6 surface cave.
Hot Virtual Reality Sites - a pretty good resource
index.
Sense8 Indy 3D - Sense8 Indy 3D OpenGL 3D performance benchmark.
VR Lab - Virtual Reality lab at Lule University, Sweden.
University of Clemson - Virtual Reality Network at Clemson University.
I-glasses - I-glasses developers site.
I-glasses - I-glasses users forums.
Stereoscopic 3D - Stereoscopic 3D homepage, 3D and VR resources.
Pixar Animation Studios - Makers of stunning 3D screenplay movies like ToyStory,
Geris Game, A Bugs Life and the Renderman system.
Digital Domain - My favorite 3D studio, leaders-of-the-pack in the movie special
effects busniess.
Unsorted
Stereoscopic - Lots of example codes/sources how to do stereoscopic 3D in OpenGL.
Stereoscopic OpenGL Tutorial - Tutorial on how to do stereoscopic 3D in OpenGL.
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