From: John Doffing Subject: ANNOUNCE: Virtual i-O and High Resolution HMD's Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 15:42:27 +0000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 1996 VIRTUAL i-O LAUNCHES FIRST NEAR-HDTV RESOLUTION VIDEO AND PC HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY HEADSET NEW ORLEANS -- Virtual i-O has once again broken the barriers of available virtual reality products by launching the new Virtual i-glasses! Professional product, the ultimate high-end PC and video display with high resolution optics and ergonomic lightweight design. Featuring near high-density television resolution, the Virtual i-glasses! Professional offers twice if not more lines per screen than conventional television monitors. At a resolution of 1050 vertical lines, it brings to the United States a resolution only recently available, even on monitors or traditional flat panel displays in Japan. Available with either a 16x9 or 4x3 aspect ratio, the Virtual i-glasses! Professional has both a PC and video interface and a 50-degree field of view, nearly twice the 30-degree field of view offered in Virtual i-O's consumer PC and video products. The i-glasses! also feature digit al video processing, including proprietary line doubling and detail/edge enhancement circuitry. The professional product is an incredible breakthrough in display technology for producers of high-end 2-D and 3-D productions, and for those researchers and developers creating computerized worlds, 3-D graphics, or augmented reality applications, said Virtual i-O President Linden Rhoads. In addition to creating consumer-based products, Virtual i-O is committed to bringing the highest technology available to research and educational institutions. Priced at $40,000-$50,000, the Virtual i-glasses! Professional displays 3-D from both dual input and field sequential programming. Each pair of glasses is customized to order, and delivery is usually under one month. Orders can be placed at the Siggraph show, or directly with Virtual i-O by calling their Seattle office at 1-800-646-3759. Those orders placed at the show will receive a special bonus of five Virtual i-glasses! consumer version products. Virtual i-O is based in Seattle, WA and employs more than 150 people. The company was founded in May 1993 by Greg Amadon and Linden Rhoads and is supported by private investors including Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), Logitech International, Thomson-CSF, and Planar Systems, Inc. # # # Interested parties can contact Linden Rhoads at Siggraph (206.399.2262) to arrange for a demonstration, or request additional information directly from Virtual i-O. Thank You, John H. Doffing Virtual i-O john.doffing@vio.com [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on this newsgroup as a public service. Their appearance here does not indicate endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators.]