RE: i-glasses SVGA hacking

From Wear-Hard Mailing list Archive (WH) Maintained by R. Paul McCarty

Three words stand in your way:

Optics, optics, optics.

Don's devices used a transmissive display which, in turn, made the optical
solution much easier.

With a reflective display, the illuminator is in the front of the screen and
light is reflected off of it.  The optics have to be placed in-line of the
reflected light.  This makes the optical solution much more difficult and
alignment is much more critical.  

The Brillian LCOS is a great display for OEM's - hacking is another story.

Why not get an eMagin Color SVGA+ OLED
http://www.tekgear.com/index.cfm?pageID=90§ion=103&grpid=42&nodelist=1,1
03&prodid=335&fld1=Color
And a driver board?  The optical solution for this emissive display is as
easy, if not easier, than the Kopin.

-Tony

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:00 PM
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> Subject: [Wear-Hard] i-glasses SVGA hacking
> 
> 
> I see that the i-glasses SVGA now runs $999. It is using a brilliancorp
> lcos
> display at 800x600 true pixels. Is it possible to hack this display into a
> unit
> similar to Don Papp's Monocular sunglasses?
> 
> Details on I-glasses SVGA: http://www.i-
> glassesstore.com/iglassessvga3d.html
> Details on the Display: http://www.brilliancorp.com/PDF/N2E/Z86D-
> 3_BR_E3.pdf
> What I want to turn it into: http://www.aeinnovations.com/projects/ver1/
> 
> Anyone want to buy the other ZX86D-3 if I do manage to do this?
> 
> Info on brilliancorp LCOS parts pricing:
> Developer Kit (goes from SVID/Composite In to the display) $2500
> Developer Kit with controller software $6000
> Z86D-3 800x600 Display $400 each, $360 in quantities of 10
> Illumination Controller $18 each
> ASIC $64 each
> FPGA $64 each
> 
> I was asked not to release these prices over the phone, so pretend like
> you dont
> know them if you call.
> 
> How to buy: 1-602-389-8888
> asked to be transferred to colorado corporate office extension 40 (Rainer
> Coon)
> 
> 
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