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  1. Thank You for your interest in PCVR.   The following will give you some idea
  2. about our magazine, its past themes, and subscription information.
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  4. PCVR, a new Virtual Reality publication, introduces high-tech Virtual Reality
  5. equipment, theories, and software to the layperson by simplifying procedures,
  6. languages, and materials.  The equipment necessary for a Virtual Reality system
  7. usually costs over $25,000 and is primarily available to universities and
  8. businesses.  PCVR changes this situation by bringing the technology into the
  9. home through tutorials and do-it-yourself projects.  Through step-by-step
  10. articles, a complete Virtual Reality system can be built for under $3000
  11. including the personal computer necessary to execute the system.
  12.  
  13. For $26 a year, subscribers receive 6 issues which contain; editorials,
  14. thought-provoking columns, hardware/software topics, tutorials, and
  15. do-it-yourself projects. We also include a disk as a convenience to the reader,
  16. which contains all the software discussed in the articles.
  17.  
  18. The hardware projects have covered connecting the Sega 3D glasses and Mattel
  19. Powerglove to an IBM personal computer, building a head mounted display, and
  20. constructing a head tracker device.  These do-it-yourself projects use
  21. off-the-shelf components which enables a non-technical person access to Virtual
  22. Reality equipment in their own home.
  23.  
  24. The tutorials explain the major technical areas of Virtual Reality without the
  25. jargon usually associated with industry journals.
  26.  
  27. PCVR intends to bring Virtual Reality out of science laboratories and into the
  28. general computer community.
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  31. Subscription Information (6 Issues):
  32.                                 $26.00 US/Canada
  33.                                 $38.00 Overseas
  34. Back Issues:
  35.                                 $4.50 US/Canada
  36.                                 $6.50 Overseas
  37. Payment:
  38.            Check or Money Order drawn on US bank in US dollars
  39.            Visa or Mastercard accepted
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  42. Issue Themes:
  43.  
  44. Issue 1 - Theme:  PowerGlove Interface -                        28 Pages
  45. Issue 2 - Theme:  PowerGlove Software -                         35 Pages
  46. Issue 3 - Theme:  Head Mounted Display and Sega 3D Glasses -    36 Pages
  47. Issue 4 - Theme:  Rend386 Rendering Software -                  45 Pages
  48. Issue 5 - Theme:  Head Tracking -                               36 Pages
  49. Issue 6 - Theme:  3D Sound -                                    36 Pages
  50. Issue 7 - Theme:  VR Motion - To Be Released February 1993
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  53. PCVR can be contacted at:               PCVR
  54.                                         1706 Sherman Hill Rd. Unit #A
  55.                                         Laramie, Wyoming  82060
  56.  
  57.                         Phone/FAX:      (307) 742 - 7675
  58.  
  59.                         EMAIL:  gradecki@rodeo.uwyo.edu
  60.