creon@nas.nasa.gov (Creon C. Levit) (11/24/90)
I'm not sure that this got posted, so I'll try again:
Here are the specs on the commercial headmounted color displays that I know
of, outside of the high-end flight-simulator helmet-mounted units.
Manufacturor: VPL Research Inc
Model: Eyephone (tm) system
Pixels: 86,000
Field of View: 100 degrees
Price: $9,400
Phone Number: 415/361-1710 415/361-1845 (FAX)
Notes: Includes Polhemous tracker
Manufacturor: LEEP Systems / Pop-Optix Labs
Model: Cyberface II
Pixels: > 125,000
Field of View: 150 degrees
Price: $8,100
Phone Number: 617/647-1395 617/899-6902 (FAX)
Notes: Does not include tracker,
Includes integral headphones, and some additional controls.
Maker of the wide field optics used in VPL eyephones(tm).
I include the following because it is what we use, even though it does not
meet the requestors requirements:
Manufacturor: Fake Space Labs
Model: BOOM II
Pixels: >300,000 (monochrome)
Field of View: 100 degrees
Price: $27,000
Phone Number: 415/688-1940 415/493-0409 (FAX)
Notes: Six degree of freedom boom-mounted stereo CRT system.
Uses optical encoders - much faster and more accurate than polhe
mous.
Systems with fewer degrees of freedom available for less.
Also uses LEEP optics.
Call for information on color systems.
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Creon Levit
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