Re[2]: Advice

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I did not follow the Z800 history.

The Z800 was recently available at 500$ or not ?
Then the price seems to now 1500$.

But still or still not available ?

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Fred

Thursday, March 1, 2007, 7:51:13 PM, you wrote:

KFM>   
KFM>  
KFM> The  official webforum for the Z800 was recently closed except
KFM> for two sections, and  there's a lot of talk/speculation there
KFM> about what's going on, and also about  alternatives
KFM> (http://www.3dvisor.com/forum/). They  tripled the price of the
KFM> Z800 recently
KFM> (http://tekgearblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/z800-price-increase.html)
KFM> and tech/development support seems to be dead.
KFM>  
KFM>  
KFM>  
KFM> ken
KFM>  
KFM>   
KFM> -----Original Message-----
KFM> From: Bryan Hurley    [mailto:]
KFM> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:36    AM
KFM> To: Wearable Hardware Discussion List
KFM> Subject: Re:    [Wear-Hard] Advice

KFM> http://www.tekgear.ca/index.cfm?pageID=90&prodid=462§ion=83
KFM> Z800    3D VR HMD for the display at 800x600 actual. It has a head tracker built in.

KFM> Or go with a gyromouse maybe?
KFM> http://www.gyration.com/en-US/Products.html
KFM> http://www.gyration.com/en-US/GyroTools.html 

KFM> -Bryan Hurley

KFM>   
KFM> On 2/28/07, Dominic    Burns <>    wrote:
KFM> Hi      all,

KFM> My colleagues and I are in the process of building a      semi-immersive game
KFM> system, based on the open source Cube engine. 

KFM> What we're looking for are two bits of kit:

KFM> 1. Head-mounted      display [VR-type helmet];
KFM> 2. Mouse replacement attached to      HMD.

KFM> Can anyone recommend a decent HMD that we can start testing with and
KFM> perhaps recommend the type of hardware we'd need to act as a     mouse?
KFM> We're thinking something like an electronic gyroscope - the idea being
KFM> that the movements of the head would replace the movements of the      mouse.

KFM> We want something reasonably inexpensive that can handle VGA     at 800x600
KFM> res or above.

KFM> Three of us [not me] are programmers who      can interpret I/O but none of
KFM> us have much experience with the hardware      side of this type of kit.

KFM> Any recommendations or suggestions would      be appreciated.

KFM> Thanks in      advance.

KFM> Dom.

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