From: Arthur Zwern Subject: PROD: General Reality Introduces New Wide FOV HMD Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 18:42:35 +0000 Message-ID: <33679297.55A6@genreality.com> Organization: General Reality Company 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 Introduces Low-Cost Wide Field-of-View Head-Mounted Display CyberEye=99 CE-200W Provides First Wide Field-of-View, Arcade-Hardened, Eyeglasses-Compatible Head-Mounted Display Below $2500=20 April 2, 1997 San Jose, CA: General Reality Company today introduced its new CyberEye CE-200W head-mounted display, featuring wide field-of-view in an arcade-hardened design. The CyberEye CE-200W is the lowest-priced HMD available that provides wide field-of-view without sacrificing eyeglasses compatibility. The CE-200W provides a 45 degree horizontal field-of-view driven by high-resolution 181,000 pixel active-matrix LCDs for each eye. By using glass optics instead of the molded plastic optics used in other low-cost HMDs, the new CyberEye model achieves wide field-of-view while retaining a 3/4" eye relief, sufficient for nearly all eyeglasses. Glass optics also provides the CE-200W with superior visual performance and image quality, as measured by optical distortion and aberations. By mounting the optics within a special three-layer protective housing, the CE-200W provides an outstanding display solution for demanding public virtual reality applications such as arcade gaming, immersive training, and virtual prototyping. The new CyberEye CE-200W includes numerous other improvements, including direct VGA input supporting multiple stereoscopic formats, the same oversized 3D-ready headphone drivers used on leading HMDs at four times the price, and an integrated CyberTrack-II game tracker as standard equipment. The CyberTrack-II includes software which allows players to turn their head to look around within a variety of popular games such as Rise of the Triad=99, Witchhaven=99, and Doom=AE. To facilitate high throughput in public applications, all controls are hidden except a single interpupillary distance adjuster and top/rear headband ratchets. According to Arthur Zwern, president of General Reality Company, "our new CE-200W provides clearly superior overall performance compared to reasonably priced alternatives. In a very rugged package, it combines the immersion provided by wide field-of-view with the convenience of keeping your eyeglasses on, plus image quality normally found only in much higher-priced HMDs". The new CyberEye CE-200W is now shipping, at a list price of $2,495, with significant volume discounts available. 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. Other trademarks are property of their respective holders. [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.]