Word: raster
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that computational burden, future simulators will use a trick borrowed from the eye itself. Rather than create the entire 360 degrees horizon, they will concentrate their imaging resources on the narrow cone where the pilot is looking at a given moment. Link's new ESPRIT (eye-slaved projected raster inset) system uses an infrared scanner mounted in the pilot's helmet to track his eye movements. Then it projects a detailed, high- resolution picture in the pilot's direct line of sight and a fuzzier, less detailed peripheral image...
Among the most prominent is Bill Budge, 28, who has written two of the industry's biggest entertainment hits: Raster Blaster, a computerized pinball game, and Pinball Construction Set, a program that allows players to custom-build their own video pinball machine. He earned $500,000 in 1982 and resides in a $240,000 eight-room house with a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay. Budge, though, does not spend his day admiring the scenery. Most of the time he is down in the yellow-walled basement, swigging cans of Coke while hunched over a computer...
...years ago, a young programmer named Bill Budge developed the smash hit Raster Blaster, the first computer game that simulated a pinball machine on a video monitor. Now, with Pinball Construction Set, Budge has done himself one better. This program puts the pictures of components on the screen and lets players make their own pinball machines. Flippers, bumpers, launchers and kickers fall easily into place and then perform like the real thing. Players can paint the pinball pieces bright colors, set up complex scoring patterns, or adjust the time, gravity and elasticity of the playing area. An added advantage...
...between $1,565 and $6,300, the desktop computer can store documents that once would have required a roomful of filing cabinets; it can also produce graphs in four colors, receive information over phone lines from remote data banks or libraries and even play popular new computer games like Raster Blaster and Gorgon...
Last year the Middies, with the help of such football stars as All-America End Ron Beagle, Halfback John Raster and Team Captain John Hopkins, stopped Maryland 12-7, and went on to win the national championship. Last week, hopped up for their big effort, both teams were still unbeaten when they collided in Thompson Stadium. And since the national championship is decided on the basis of seasonal records, the winner of this game was almost certain to take the title...