Re: Dec.'96 Sky & Telescope, VR


From: galitzer@pop.erols.com (Sid and Rose Galitzer)
Subject: Re: Dec.'96 Sky & Telescope, VR
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:41:21 -0400


Tim,
   As regards:
>        2. I'm currently involved with a team of teachers in an NCSA study
>of virtual reality applications in education.  My goal is to expand the
>results of Activity 1.2 from the LFM Teacher's Guide into a 3-D computer
>rendering.  I would most appreciate suggestions from anyone knowledgeable
>of currently available mac software which can take x,y,z coordinates and
>render them into a virtual landscape.

     I recently received a brochure on a software package that involved a
virtual reality senario involving the movement of a vechicle on the martian
surface.  I passed it on for ordering a preview in our 7th and 8th grade
classes, but I can find out the name and manufacturer for you.  Stay tuned
for more info. - Rose