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The Z800 is also $1499USD at Tekgear, you need to switch to American, from
Canadian, which is often defaults to. It is $1799 CAD.

Glad to be of help.

-Bryan Hurley

On 3/3/07, Dominic Burns <> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the heads up Bryan.
>
> The Z800 turned up in other research and we're seriously considering it,
> along with the I-glasses PC/SVGA 3D Pro.
>
> We noted that the Z800s can be bought direct from the manufacturer,
> eMagin.
>
> The eMagin site links to 3dvisor.com - presumably a subsidiary site -
> which sells the unit for $1,499.00, a $300 difference to the tekgear
> reseller, in case anyone's looking to buy one.
>
> Price point on the 3D pro is very attractive [relatively speaking] at
> $1,199.
>
> Thanks also for the Gyration info - we've sunk our teeth into the
> 'gyromouse' concept and are looking deeper thanks to you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dom.
>
> On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 08:35 -0500, Bryan Hurley wrote:
> > http://www.tekgear.ca/index.cfm?pageID=90&prodid=462§ion=83
> > Z800 3D VR HMD for the display at 800x600 actual. It has a head
> > tracker built in.
> >
> > Or go with a gyromouse maybe?
> > http://www.gyration.com/en-US/Products.html
> > http://www.gyration.com/en-US/GyroTools.html
> >
> > -Bryan Hurley
> >
> > On 2/28/07, Dominic Burns <> wrote:
> >         Hi all,
> >
> >         My colleagues and I are in the process of building a
> >         semi-immersive game
> >         system, based on the open source Cube engine.
> >
> >         What we're looking for are two bits of kit:
> >
> >         1. Head-mounted display [VR-type helmet];
> >         2. Mouse replacement attached to HMD.
> >
> >         Can anyone recommend a decent HMD that we can start testing
> >         with and
> >         perhaps recommend the type of hardware we'd need to act as a
> >         mouse?
> >         We're thinking something like an electronic gyroscope - the
> >         idea being
> >         that the movements of the head would replace the movements of
> >         the mouse.
> >
> >         We want something reasonably inexpensive that can handle VGA
> >         at 800x600
> >         res or above.
> >
> >         Three of us [not me] are programmers who can interpret I/O but
> >         none of
> >         us have much experience with the hardware side of this type of
> >         kit.
> >
> >         Any recommendations or suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> >         Thanks in advance.
> >
> >         Dom.
> >
> >
> >
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<br>The Z800 is also $1499USD at Tekgear, you need to switch to American, from Canadian, which is often defaults to. It is $1799 CAD.<br><br>Glad to be of help.<br><br>-Bryan Hurley<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/3/07, 
<b class="gmail_sendername">Dominic Burns</b> <<a href="mailto:"></a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks for the heads up Bryan.<br><br>The Z800 turned up in other research and we're seriously considering it,<br>along with the I-glasses PC/SVGA 3D Pro.<br><br>We noted that the Z800s can be bought direct from the manufacturer,
<br>eMagin.<br><br>The eMagin site links to <a href="http://3dvisor.com">3dvisor.com</a> - presumably a subsidiary site -<br>which sells the unit for $1,499.00, a $300 difference to the tekgear<br>reseller, in case anyone's looking to buy one.
<br><br>Price point on the 3D pro is very attractive [relatively speaking] at<br>$1,199.<br><br>Thanks also for the Gyration info - we've sunk our teeth into the<br>'gyromouse' concept and are looking deeper thanks to you.
<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dom.<br><br>On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 08:35 -0500, Bryan Hurley wrote:<br>> <a href="http://www.tekgear.ca/index.cfm?pageID=90&prodid=462&section=83">http://www.tekgear.ca/index.cfm?pageID=90&prodid=462&section=83
</a><br>> Z800 3D VR HMD for the display at 800x600 actual. It has a head<br>> tracker built in.<br>><br>> Or go with a gyromouse maybe?<br>> <a href="http://www.gyration.com/en-US/Products.html">http://www.gyration.com/en-US/Products.html
</a><br>> <a href="http://www.gyration.com/en-US/GyroTools.html">http://www.gyration.com/en-US/GyroTools.html</a><br>><br>> -Bryan Hurley<br>><br>> On 2/28/07, Dominic Burns <<a href="mailto:">
</a>> wrote:<br>>         Hi all,<br>><br>>         My colleagues and I are in the process of building a<br>>         semi-immersive game<br>>         system, based on the open source Cube engine.
<br>><br>>         What we're looking for are two bits of kit:<br>><br>>         1. Head-mounted display [VR-type helmet];<br>>         2. Mouse replacement attached to HMD.<br>><br>>         Can anyone recommend a decent HMD that we can start testing
<br>>         with and<br>>         perhaps recommend the type of hardware we'd need to act as a<br>>         mouse?<br>>         We're thinking something like an electronic gyroscope - the<br>>         idea being
<br>>         that the movements of the head would replace the movements of<br>>         the mouse.<br>><br>>         We want something reasonably inexpensive that can handle VGA<br>>         at 800x600<br>
>         res or above.<br>><br>>         Three of us [not me] are programmers who can interpret I/O but<br>>         none of<br>>         us have much experience with the hardware side of this type of<br>>         kit.
<br>><br>>         Any recommendations or suggestions would be appreciated.<br>><br>>         Thanks in advance.<br>><br>>         Dom.<br>><br>><br>><br>>         _______________________________________________
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