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Re: MicroOptical color VGA with magnetic mounts

From: Bryan Hurley <>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:14:19 -0400

Does one part of the mount attach to glasses like normal, then the display
mounts to the mount via magnets? Or do you need flat metal glasses to wear
this display? Any pictures?

The size and VGA resolution make it a good buy, esp compared to
MicroOptical's standard "Important person only" pricing:
$995 QVGA serial driven 36x10 ASCII
$1500 QVGA Color
$3500 VGA Color

So $2999 is cheaper and more accessible.

Its smaller than the Cyvisor optics as far as I can gather, and higher res
than an M1... so it sounds good.

Bryan Hurley

On Thu, 31 May 2001, ThadV Starner wrote:

> Charmed is thinking about selling
> the MicroOptical VGA with a magnetic mounting kit
> and other refinements at $2995 or so.  Unfortunately,
> the price can't get any better right now, but if
> Charmed has some customers for this, I can at least
> make a case in commiting the $ to offering it.  I
> think Charmed can offer it  immediately.
>
> The magnetic mounts reduce the weight of the eyepiece
> significantly.  Makes taking the display on and
> off a "snap" literally.  Very satisfying (if I do say
> so myself :-)  It also follows the 2 second interface
> principle Brad Rhodes came up with several years ago
> (if it takes more than 2 seconds to do something with
> a wearable, you generally won't bother with it).
>
> 						Thad

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