Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 09:13:26 11/14/03
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On November 14, 2003 at 04:33:38, Alastair Scott wrote: >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. He had the chance to try those apparatus for a reasonable amount of time and no complaints resulted from him to my knowledge. w.b.r. Otello > >Alastair
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