rec.autos.simulators

>Here's a neat little tidbit of info I got off of Bootnet:

>"Microsoft's new Direct X, version 3.0, will not support force
feedback
>joysticks or VR products despite the fact that third-party developers
of
>such products, such as Immersion and CH Products, were promised
support by
>Microsoft at the Computer Game Developers Conference just last spring.

>An anonymous source told boot that Microsoft's Direct Input group made
>promises to the companies with no intention of keeping them.

>Microsoft recently acquired EXOS, a force-feedback joystick and
technology
>developer. Since Microsoft's force-feedback products are not ready for
>market yet, the move to drop support for such devices from Direct X
3.0
>could be viewed as a positioning tactic by Microsoft to control the
>introduction of force feedback technology with Direct Input drivers."

>--

>Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
>Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

>"Microsoft's new Direct X, version 3.0, will not support force feedback
>joysticks or VR products despite the fact that third-party developers of
>such products, such as Immersion and CH Products, were promised support by
>Microsoft at the Computer Game Developers Conference just last spring.

>An anonymous source told boot that Microsoft's Direct Input group made
>promises to the companies with no intention of keeping them.

>Microsoft recently acquired EXOS, a force-feedback joystick and technology
>developer. Since Microsoft's force-feedback products are not ready for
>market yet, the move to drop support for such devices from Direct X 3.0
>could be viewed as a positioning tactic by Microsoft to control the
>introduction of force feedback technology with Direct Input drivers."

>--

>Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

>Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

> >Here's a neat little tidbit of info I got off of Bootnet:

> >"Microsoft's new Direct X, version 3.0, will not support force feedback
> >joysticks or VR products despite the fact that third-party developers of
> >such products, such as Immersion and CH Products, were promised support by
> >Microsoft at the Computer Game Developers Conference just last spring.

> >An anonymous source told boot that Microsoft's Direct Input group made
> >promises to the companies with no intention of keeping them.

> >Microsoft recently acquired EXOS, a force-feedback joystick and technology
> >developer. Since Microsoft's force-feedback products are not ready for
> >market yet, the move to drop support for such devices from Direct X 3.0
> >could be viewed as a positioning tactic by Microsoft to control the
> >introduction of force feedback technology with Direct Input drivers."

> >--

> >Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
> >Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

> Another example of MS trying to control the industry.

> This is why everyone should toss Win95 out the window (no pun
> intended).

> Mike

>Why don't you just go ahead and throw the rest of your computer out
the
>window with it.  Like it or not, Windows is the future of ***.