From: scivw@hitl.washington.edu Subject: ADMIN: HMD FAQ - DRAFT - Part Two Date: December 13, 1995 Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory ************DRAFT*********** Head Mounted Displays FAQ - Part One **************************** Archive-name: virtual-worlds/hmd-faq Posting-frequency: every 30 days Last-modified: Wednesday, December 13, 1995 URL: ftp://ftp.hitl.washington.edu/pub/scivw/faq/readfirst-faq sci.virtual-worlds introduction Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) The latest edition of this FAQ can always be retrieved from Subject: -1- Introduction This HMD faq is meant to supply product information regarding Head Mounted Displays. The information is culled from the WWW, sci.virtual- worlds archives and from two great resources, VR News and Real Time Graphics 1995 features on Head Mounted Displays. These two articles are great resources, with photos of all the HMDÕs. They are listed in the reference section and are highly recommended. Vendors are listed alphabetically with product cross reference. The product listings are listed alphabetically with the vendor cross reference. Field of View is described as horizontal field of view in degrees (H) by vertical field of view in degrees (V). Questions, comments, or suggestions should be sent to: Snail-mail may be sent to: Sci.virtual-worlds c/o Toni Emerson, HITLab University of Washington, Human Interface Technology Laboratory PO Box 352412 Seattle, WA, 98195-2412 USA Subject: -2- Table of Contents Topics covered in this FAQ: --------------------------- -1- Introduction -2- Definitions -3- Vendor List -4- Product List -4- References Subject: -2- Definitions Head Mounted Displays (HMD): Head Coupled Displays: Monocular Displays: See Through Display: Subject: -3- Vendor List 3D-MAX Tel: +46 (0)18 18 77 77/Fax: +46 (0)18 51 66 00 Email: sales@ThreeD-MAX.udac.se WWW: http://www.threed-max.udac.se/, http://pcvr.kasan.co.kr product: 3D-Max All-Pro Products Inc. 555 White Plains road Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA Tel: 1-914-631-9400/Fax: 1-914-631-9487 product: 7th Sense Astounding Technologies Inc. 950 Benecia Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA Tel: 1-408-522-0300/Fax: 1-408-522-0310 product: Video Visor CAE Electronics Ltd 8585 Cote de Liesse C.P. 1800 Saint-Laurent Quebec, Canada H4L4X4 Tel: 1-514-341-6780/Fax: 1-514-341-7669 product: Fiber-Optic HMD, Telepresence Visual System Division LTD Bristol, England Tel: +44-0545-615554/Fax: +44-0454-615532 Division Inc: Tel: 1-800-877-8759 WWW: http://www.division.co.uk/ product: dVISOR Division, Inc. The Courtyard, #10 431 West Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA Tel: 1-919-968-7795/Fax: 1-919-968-7890 Email: info@division.com product: dVISOR Division, Inc. - Redwood City, CA USA Tel: 1-415-364-6067/Fax: 1-415-364-4663 product: dVISOR Fakespace, Inc. 4085 Campbell Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Tel: 1-415-688-1940/Fax: 1-415-688-1949 Email: fakespce@well.sf.ca.us product: BOOM3C, BOOM3M, BOOMD3C, BOOMD3M, PIVOT, FS2, MedView FORTE Technologies Inc. Paul Matthews 1057 E. Henrietta Rd. Rochester, NY 14623 USA Tel: 1-716-427-8595/Fax: 1-716- 292-6353 Email: support@fortech.com URL: http://www.fortevr.com/ product: VFX1 General Reality Company 170 South Morrison Ave. San Jose, CA 95126 USA Tel: 1-408-289-8340/Fax: 1-408-289-8258 Email: GenReality@aol.com product: ACE-100M, ACE100S Hughes Training Inc. Link Division PO Box 1237 Binghamton, NY 13902-1237 USA Tel: 1-607-721-4356/Fax: 1-607-721-5600 product: ClearVue Kaiser Electro-Optics 2752 Loker Ave. West Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA Tel: 1-619-438-9255/Fax: 1-619-438-6875 Email: kaisereo@cerfnet.com product: VIM 1000pv, VIM3/EYE, SIM EYE 60, SIM EYE 60, Full Immersion HMD-1 Kopin Corporation Innovision Center 160-A Albright Way Los Gatos, CA 95030 USA Tel: 1-408-264-0271/Fax: 1-408-274-0272 product: Mobile Assistant Head-Set LEEP Systems Inc. 241 Crescent Street Waltham, MA 02154-3425 USA Tel: 617-647-1395/Fax: 617-899-9602 product: Cyberface 4, Cyberface 5 Liquid Image Corporation 659 Century Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0L9 Canada Shannon O'Brien, Director Marketing and Sales Tel: 1-204-775-2633/Fax: 1-204-772-0239 WWW: http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~havelk/ product: MRG2.2, MRG3C, MRG4, MRG5 Nissho Electronics Corp. Advanced Electronics Systems Division 70301 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104 JAPAN Tel: 81-3-3544-8452/Fax: 81-3-3544-8284 product: STV-01, Eyephone NewHRX nVision Inc. 7915 Jones Branch Drive Suite 1B10 McLean, VA 22102 USA Tel: 1-703-506-8808/Fax:1-703-903-0455 product: Datavisor 9ci and 10x O.I.P. NV/SA Westerring 21 B-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium Tel: +33-55-333-811/Fax: +33-55-316-895 product: HOPROS RPI-ATG PO Box 14607 San Francisco, CA 94114 USA Tel: 1-415-495-5671/Fax: 1-415-495-5124 Email: fastar99@aol.com product: HMSi Micro Model 900, HMS-EYE2, HMD model 975B, CHECK MATE 100, HIGH VIEW 180 SEOS Displays, Ltd. Marchants Way Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 8QY United Kingdom Tel: +44-1444-870-888/Fax: +44-1444-870-777 product: HMD (research project) Shimadzu Corporation Shimadzu Precision Instruments 20410 Earl Street Torrance, CA 90503 USA Tel: 1-310-214-0314/Fax: 1-310-542-0995 Email: Iniimi@aol.com product: STV-01 VictorMaxx Technologies 501 Lake Cook Road, Suite 100 Deerfield, IL 60015 Tel: 1-708-267-0007/Fax: 1-708-267-8669 Email: cybrmaxx@aol.com WWW: http://vv.carleton.ca/sponsors/victormaxx/ product: CyberMaxx 180K Virtual Entertainment Systems, Inc. 555 White Plains Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA Tel: 1-914-631-9400/Fax: 1-914-631-9487 product: 7th Sense Virtual i-O, Inc. Suite 600 1000 Lenora Street Seattle, WA 98121 USA Tel: 206-382-7410/Fax: 206-382-8810 Email: info@vio.com WWW: http://www.vio.com product: i-glasses! Virtual Reality Inc. 485 Washington Ave. Pleasantville, NY 10570 USA Tel: 1-914-769-0900/Fax: 1-914-769-7106 product: HMD 133 Virtual Reality Research Systems Inc. 2326 Walsh Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA Tel: 1-408-748-8712/Fax: 1-408-748-8714 Email: virtualres@aol.com product: VR 4, VR 4000, VR 5, EyeGen 3 Virtuality Entertainment, Inc. Suite 105 7801 Mesquite Bend Drive Irving, TX 75063 USA Tel: 1-214-556-1800/Fax: 1-214-556-1890 WWW: http://www.virtuality.com/ product: Visette Visionics Corporation Suite 600 1000 Boone Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55427 USA Tel: 1-612-544-4950/Fax: 1-612-544-4784 product: Visionics Low Vision Enghancement System Vista Controls Inc. 27825 Fremont Court Santa Clarita, CA 91355 USA Tel: 1-805-257-4430/Fax: 1-805-257-4782 product: See-Thru-Armor, Vista Vison