Could a virtual boy be adapted as a screen? On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Bryan Hurley wrote: : :I have a working virtual boy.. does it really have the optics I need? :otherwise I will keep it working.. : :Bryan : :On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Don Papp wrote: : :> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- :> Hash: SHA1 :> :> On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Russell Kohn wrote: :> :> > SO, with the background covered, I wanted to see if anyone else has dealt :> > with optics, and perhaps ask whether people who have done M1 hacks in the :> > past know what sort of optics are needed, at what distance. I realize that :> > much of this is going to depend on how far from my eye the display is :> > going to be, but I don't really know where to start. :> :> :> My suggestion is to get your hands on magnifiers - the smaller and :> the stonger generally the better. Cannabilize some parts like old HMDs :> (try buying a virtual boy on ebay), things like that. Then it's mostly :> trial-and-error and that-looks-about-right. Rectangular lenses are what :> you usually want if you can get them. :> :> Start out messing with some loupes and so forth. Or the slide :> magnifiers that photo people use. :> :> Don Papp :> http://aeinnovations.com :> :> GPG/PGP Key: http://aeinnovations.com/downloads/pubkey.html :> :> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- :> Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) :> Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org :> :> iD8DBQE8Msfc2KCg0hzfOnQRAmZsAJkBDDoJ2MCD3uEyRPRaIBiCJhTTJwCgguCE :> Y0iPeWtrh3QyEJsSWaWp7Hg= :> =ncf3 :> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- :> :> -- :> Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of :> "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to:> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org :> Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain :> : :-- :Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of :"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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