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From: Doug Milliken <bd427@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: Force Feedback:  Beyond steering wheels (long)
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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, John Bodin wrote:

> >The key here is to forget about absolute realism - it's
> >too expensive to duplicate - and come up with new ways of 
> >providing feedback.
.....
> AND it wouldn't have to go for absolute realism.  The g-forces
> themselves can't really be duplicated properly, even in the most
> expensive military flight simulators, but you CAN come up with better
> Force Feedback cues than what's provided by current FF contollers,

Well, if you pay taxes in the USA, you are helping to fund an attempt to
produce a "real" simulator.  Check out:

   Linkname:The National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS)
	URL:http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/perform/nads/

The specification and claims are great, the actual project is way behind
schedule and over-budget.  IIRC, the initial budget was US$ 25,000,000.  I
believe that this escalated to $40M and may now be well over that.
 
-- Doug
		Douglas Milliken  <bd427@freenet.buffalo.edu>
		Milliken Research Associates Inc.





