From: jpang@iris.bio.uts.edu.au (Jason Pang) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Re: REV-PROD: VFX-1 Date: 11 Aug 1995 03:49:51 GMT Organization: School of Computing Sciences, UTS Lines: 89 Message-Id: <40ek0v$d4p@woodstock.socs.uts.EDU.AU> References: <2746399.ensmtp@net-mac2.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at> Martin Mittendorfer (Martin_Mittendorfer@net-mac2.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at) wrote: : Has anyone tried the VFX-1 HMD yet? I've read an article on it that : claims that there have been serious improvements as compared to the : last prototype; the writer of the article says that it is the hottest : availabe for under 2500$ and is an ideal additional for games etc. : What about the characteristics (res, tracking, etc.); I've tried to : contact the Austrian vendor, but they never know anything about it. I am the authorised reseller of the VFX1 for NSW, Australia, and I have used the units quite extensively. There have been major improvements to the unit such as the increase in resolution, the improvement of the VIP card and the tracking capabilities. The unit (IMHO) is very nice and compatible with most of the games that are out there at the moment. In Australia I retail the unit for $1999, so I'm not really sure what that comes to after conversion. Here are some of the stats: ************************************** FORTE VFX1 Head Mounted Display System ************************************** Features: *3D stereoscopic 789x230 resolution x 2 *Dual 0.7" colour active matrix LCD displays (181,470 pixels) *High contrast ful colour video *Provides image of 35ft. screen at a distance of 35ft. Virtual Orientation System Head Tracker *3 degrees of freedom: yaw (azimuth) pitch (elevation) roll (tilt) Cyberpuck *2 axis cyberpuck frees the user from the constrains of the desktop mouse or joystick. *Programmable functions *Left and right handed Audio *Built in microphone for use in multiplayer communication *High fidelity stereo headphones *Interfaces with any standard PC stereo card through line out/amp connector -Fully adjustable interpupillary distance -Individual eye focus adjustment for use with/without glasses _______________________________________________________________ The unit consists of the helmet, the interface card, CyberPuck. Shareware software included in the unit consists of a CD with: Heretic, Zephyr, Descent, Dark Forces, Magic carpet, Quarantine Compuserve, America OnLine, 3D Ware Virtual World. --------------------------------------------------------------- Software support for the VFX1 is huge. And programs such as DOOM, System Shock, SuperKarts, Flight Unlimited and Mechwarrior 2 already support it. There is support by Electronic Arts, Origin, Looking Glass Technologies and Microprose just to name a few. You might find some more useful information on my web page: http://www.geko.com.au/users/mindflux/mf.html Jason Pang Mindflux Director 018 162238 +612-416-9029 (fax) +612-416-9005 (ah) :::::/ \/ | | (___)__ \ \:::: jpang@iris.bio.uts.edu.au :::/ --( (| | : | | __)__ __):::: Mindflux Demos/Art/Music/GUS ::::\--- \___ | | | . \:| |:::: +612-416-2513 ::::::\____/:::| |\____|___|__;\__\| |:::::: http://www.geko.com.au/users :::::::::::::|__;::::::::::::::::::\_;::::: /mindflux/mf.html