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RE: Good display devices

The $2500 800x600 sony glasstrons can be had for around $1500-1700 in the
amsterdam duty free shop if my exchange rate comparison was correct when I
was there in september....

the $599 ones are a lot lower resolution, not even 640x480.

Bryan

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Justin Fischer wrote:

> Steve and Michael-
> 
>   I played with some of the Sony PC Glasstrons when my SONY friend was in
> town. They are cool. Not to mention they are shaded  and partially
> transparent, plus have their own LI battery. The only thing is that they are
> pricey, I have found an alternative:
> 
>  buy the RCA VIDEO GLASSTRONS for $599.00 and then use a $100 external VGA
> to NTSC convertor that will support 800/600 (there are tons of brands out
> there.) The major drawback about that is they have an enclosed display and
> make mobility very difficult. Mobility/Price it's just a decision factor.
> 
> Does anyone know a good distributor for mini-motherboards? I'd like to build
> a spec like IBM's, check this link out:
> 
> http://www.atip.or.jp/WEAR/slides/kamijoh/
> 
> SLIDE 7 link....
> 
> Good Luck.
> 
> Justin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan H. Dehm [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 5:18 PM
> To: Michael Nachbaur
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: Good display devices
> 
> 
> Hello Michael,
> 
> MN> I've seen a lot of discussion about inexpensive wearable display
> devices, but they all seem to have major drawbacks.  For my project, money
> really isn't much of a big deal (as long as the display
> MN> device isn't over US$1500 or so).  What really matters to me is: display
> resolution, power, and convenience.  I don't want some big and bulky CRT
> hanging off my head, and don't want to lose the
> MN> use of one eye to a dedicated display device.  I'd rather not have some
> small LCD display hanging from a boom in front of my face either, but thats
> less obtrusive.
> Well, I wouldn't consider $1500 cheap, but that's not that much for a
> good display. I' looking for a capable display as well and took a look
> at the eGlasses (www.virtualvision.com), but the evaluation kit, which
> looks like it would suit my needs very well is quite pricy. $5000.
> I think you might want to take a look at Sonys glasses, which is a
> cute little pair of glasses. No bulky thing on your head :). I have no
> experience with this one, but it seems like a quite easy to use
> solution.
> 
> 
> /steve
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