Re: $20 320x240 B&W NTSC monocular HMD

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

Well the first link you sent us is no good as it's just a tiny LCD
that scrolls text, but thanks so much for the second link!

I just bought two and hope that I can hack these to my needs!

On 3/7/07,  <> wrote:
> > On the topic of HMDs, I wasn't able to find the one you referenced on
> > Aculei, but I found these:
> >
> > http://www.shopwildplanet.com/prod/WPT70058.html
> >
> > Text only, but if it works as advertised...
>
> I've seen those. They display something like 5-10 characters, and
> scroll it by so you can read it. It's better bandwidth than an LED
> blinking morse code, but not by much.
>
> I've used the headset for the WP spy video car and the WP night vision
> headset. The night vision headset has been discontinued, and made for
> a bilious green view of the world.
>
> Interestingly, the WP site has just the spy video car headset (no car
> or remote) available for $20, which is a great price for a wearable
> display.
>
> The headset accepts NTSC video, and is a 320x240 black and white
> display. There is a reasonable amount of space inside the case for a
> camera, so you can make an eyetap out of it. I got a tiny USB webcam
> meant for use with a laptop, and with the camera case removed, it just
> fits.
>
> The display is a Kopin Cyberdisplay. I'm not looking at mine now, but
> I think the driver chip is the standard Motorola one. The backlight is
> white, so the image is black and white, not black and green.
>
> The part number is WPT70133-HEAD on the wild planet web site. You can
> order it here:
> http://www.shopwildplanet.com/prod/WPT70133-HEAD.html
>
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