Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 01:33:38 11/14/03
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On November 13, 2003 at 22:04:25, Roger D Davis wrote: >I'm just wondering if Kaspy isn't a little freaked out by the 3D graphics. When >I play, I find that changing the pieces on a 2D board is enough to unsettled me >for several games. Plus, let's face it, the 3D boards on just about any >commercial product are pretty bad. I'm no fan of Kasparov, but any 3D simulation >that I've ever seen gets pretty annoying and distracting after awhile. And it's >not like he can complain about it, because then he'd be complaining about the >sponsor's MAIN PRODUCT LINE. Fritz X3D would just die on the shelves if Kasparov >complained about quality. So he can't take that direction. Suffice to say, that from work I've done, any form of 3D view of a task through a headset or similar is very much a last resort; the task is not performed as well as if the real object is being directly manipulated and some people have health problems (vertigo, dizziness, headaches) when using the apparatus for any length of time. The whole match is a circus sideshow and should be treated as such. Alastair
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