From: galt@dsd.es.com (Greg Alt - Perp)
Subject: Re: VR Displays. The inside story.
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 91 20:30:59 GMT
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT



In article <1991Sep3.193115.973@milton.u.washington.edu>, wargo@odin.ucsd.edu 
(Dave Wargo) writes:

> I need to make a set of VR goggles and I would rather not re-invent
> the wheel (i also don't want to spend $8k). So my question is what are
> the tricks used to make a set?
> 
> Is it possible to get a LCD that accepts RGB or should I stick with
> NTSC ? Can I just hack an off the shelf unit (Sharp??? or Citizen)
> and get it to do what needs to be done?
> 
> If this has all been hashed over before excuse me and an archive
> pointer would be nice.

A lot of people have expressed interest, but I have not heard of any
successes yet...  I have heard of people using an LCD TV as a single
CGA display, and this should not be very difficult.  The problem is
in driving 2 displays from a PC (and also using hi-res and color).

This post got me to thinking, would it be a good idea to have a new
newsgroup that is something like: sci.virtual-worlds.home-made
that would be specifically for discussing building low-cost VR?

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[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  One can easily start a new newsgroup, with sufficient
public support, but do consider the implications of fragmenting what is
already a fairly limited stream of information and a tenuous community
of interest.  Since PowerGlove went off into a mail list, we've heard
almost nothing of it publicly...which may or may not be to the interest 
of parties, depending whether they're on or off. -- Bob Jacobson]