Author Archives: tompayne

VR in the 90s

Posted on January 7, 2024 by tompayne

Clearly, I am not the only one recalling the world of VR in the 90s. Ben Delaney released this book back in 2017. https://www.vrinthe90s.com/ Bob Stone referenced this in a LinkedIn post where he provides an overview of VR in … Continue reading →

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Bob Stone’s VRS memories

Posted on July 23, 2023 by tompayne

More from Prof Bob Stone Can’t believe it’s 30 years to the month that Andrew Connell and I launched the world’s first collaborative VR initiative – VRS (Virtual Reality & Simulation) from our base at the time, Advanced Robotics Research Limited (the … Continue reading →

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Some 90s memories from Bob Stone

Posted on June 18, 2023 by tompayne

On LinkedIn

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SpaceRocks Lives

Posted on April 5, 2023 by tompayne

SpaceRocks was my ongoing Sense8 WorldToolKit demo app back in the 90s. While I no longer have access to the WTK libraries, I have been working to bring it back to life. My latest version (Dec 2021), for the Oculus … Continue reading →

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Virtual History

Posted on February 2, 2023 by tompayne

Professor Bob Stone recently found an 1999 paper on VR for UNESCO. I was excited to see the paper referenced the Stonehenge work he had done for the UK Heritage folks with WTK https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-bob-stone-21b86918_unesco-vr-paper-1999-activity-7025394499233140736-NkcG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Here is the paper stored locally: … Continue reading →

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3dfx

Posted on December 5, 2022 by tompayne

I never worked for 3dfx but do recall working with a number of their people, especially Ross Smith. Other people mentioned: This video clearly provides an alternative point of view: 3Dfx Demo reels: I do have one of their boards … Continue reading →

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OpenGVS Demos

Posted on December 5, 2022 by tompayne

I found a bunch of OpenGVS demos on a YouTube page curated by Gary Donovan. He appears to have been either involved or a fan of 3Dfx and Quantum3D (the company that bought Gemini Technologies)

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Radiosity in Real Time Graphics

Posted on December 5, 2022 by tompayne

I found a number of Sense8/WTK demos in a directory labeled “radiocity”. A number of the files were in NFF format while others were WRL (VRML) format. The NFF files were references in a readme noting they were developed in … Continue reading →

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Virtual Stonehenge

Posted on November 28, 2022 by tompayne

The following is courtesy of Professor Robert Stone, who led this project for VR Solutions/Virtual Presence in the mid 1990’s. English Heritage: Virtual Stonehenge “…the largest and most challenging PC-based heritage reconstruction carried out to date” Virtual Heritage Conference & … Continue reading →

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WTK Stonehenge

Posted on November 28, 2022 by tompayne

In 1996, Intel and the English Heritage foundation sponsored a virtual reality simulation of Stonehenge build with WorldToolkit. According to Robert Stone’s YouTube post, this was “the first ever Virtual Stonehenge demo created for English Heritage and presented by the … Continue reading →

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