From: Sales Subject: ANNOUNCE: CyberEye 200 Date: February 3, 1997 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Arthur Zwern, President & CEO General Reality Company 124 Race Street For Immediate Release San Jose, CA 95126 408-289-8340 Arthur@genreality.com General Reality Company Ships New CyberEye Head-Mounted Displays CyberEye 200 Series Provides Higher Resolution, PAL Compatibility and Longer Warranties January 14, 1997, San Jose, CA: General Reality Company today announced its new CyberEye 200 Series head-mounted displays, featuring twice the image resolution of the popular CyberEye 100 Series introduced in 1994. The CyberEye 200 Series incorporates enhanced electronics, providing 181,000 pixels of display resolution with enhanced sharpness and improved color saturation. The new electronics design also provides customers with the option of NTSC, PAL, or selectable NTSC/PAL models. According to Arthur Zwern, president of General Reality, "Our new electronic design further strengthens CyberEye's position as the low-cost HMD of choice for demanding commercial and professional applications. CyberEye is the only sub-$2,000 HMD that combines the superior image quality of direct view optics with eyeglasses compatibility. We guarantee that CyberEye provides the most pleasing image of any HMD at twice the price - or your money back". In addition to its satisfaction guarantee, the CyberEye 200 also includes a new one-year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. According to Zwern, "this compares to 90 days on other low-cost HMDs, and communicates our confidence about comparative quality, ruggedness, and reliability for demanding applications". The CyberEye 200 Series is now shipping in production quantities at $1,995. Options include dual-pipeline stereoscopic input, full-immersion eyecups, and an integrated CyberTrack-2 game tracker. The CyberTrack-2 includes software which allows players to turn their head to look around within a variety of popular games such as Rise of the Triad, Witchhaven, and Doom=AE. Significant volume discounts are available to OEMs and system integrators. For additional information, please contact General Reality Company at 408-289-8340, FAX 408-289-8258, email Sales@GenReality.com, or http://www.GenReality.com. General Reality Company is a leading supplier of high-performance virtual reality products for scientific, commercial, and public entertainment applications, with a customer base that includes hundreds of leading virtual reality researchers, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. Note: CyberEye and CyberTrack are trademarks of General Reality Company. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. __________________________________________________________ General Reality Company - Sales 124 Race St. San Jose, CA 95126 P. 408-289-8340, F. 408-289-8258 e-mail: sales@genreality.com http://www.genreality.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.]