From: ben@cheeseball.inetnebr.com (Mild Mannered Ben)
Subject: Re: PROD: Monocular HMD?
Date: 4 May 1997 06:08:12 GMT
Message-ID: <5kh94c$98j$1@owl.inetnebr.com>
Organization: Internet Nebraska


In article <+sBrNBAmt5ZzEwJC@lfheller.demon.co.uk>, Leon Heller wrote:
>It sounds like the Private Eye device. It used a row of LEDs on a
>vibrating cantilever thingy, and only gave CGA resoloution. It worked
>quite well.

The Private Eye is the same technology used in the Virtual Boy from
Nintendo (IIRC).  And they do better than CGA these days.  For more info
about it and other cheap HMDs/monocles go through the MIT wearable
computing web page at http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/.
These guys are cool.

They have a bit about canabalizing the VB for it's displays, though they 
aren't all that great.  They're cheepo, and low res.  But if you're on a
limited budget and don't want to spend the $1200 for a good PI...


	-Ben

ben@cheeseball.inetnebr.com 

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