From: Liquid Image Corporation Subject: Re: TECH: Need ideas for monoscopic HMD project Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 08:32:13 -0600 Message-ID: <3163DD6D.4288@liquidimage.ca> Organization: Liquid Image Corporation From: Liquid Image Corporation Marc Bernatchez wrote: > >deadpool@pheonix.net (DeadPool) wrote: > >I am currently working a little project and need a bit of help. I need > >an HMD, but the ones in my proce range aren't up to par. I don't care > >much about stereoscopics or 3d, I just need a really wide display > >which would give decent peripheral vision and little "dead space". A > >display around 6" wide and 4" high would be about right, but how would > >I go about finding and then implementing the thing? > > Hi Steve, I don't want to discourage you but HMD design is rather a > complex matter. The kind of specs you're asking for are not yet seen > on most current HMDs. A 640 pixels resolution over let say 120 degree > of FOV (field of view) will give you quite low resolution result. I > mean, if you mean 640x480 like you would see it on your PC screen, > forget it. Designing the high FOV optics required is yet an other > story. Steve, Liquid Image has been producing monoscopic, or biocular, HMDs for three years now. The closest we have been able to come to meeting your type of specifications is 768x556 pixels over an 84 degree HFoV. Once you start to "stretch" these pixels over a wider FoV, say 120 degrees, as Marc said above, the perceived resolution will be quite low. Check out our web page at http://www.liquidimage.ca/vr/ for more information on biocular displays. Regards, Tony Havelka ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liquid Image Corporation 659 Century Street Winnipeg, MB R3H 0L9 Canada Phone: 204-772-0137 Fax : 204-772-0239 URL : http://www.liquidimage.ca/vr/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------