This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0458817011== Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0263_01C7F150.201BA9B0" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0263_01C7F150.201BA9B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Certainly QVGA, on which a simple clock face looks ragged, can only = be useful as a speedometer or heart rate monitor. As a video display it is rated "suck".=20 =20 Oliver, being one of the Grandfathers of HMDs, you should remember a = time where QVGA was considered high res. You were still making good products with what would be considered "low res" today. What's changed other than = the availability of better, higher resolution displays? > SVGA gives a good enough image and will likely be the one that Makes = It Big... if ever people integrate enough useful functions to make a HMD = worth wearing in the mass market.=20 > Say 40=B0 diagonal FOV: any less feels like tunnel vision; any more = just can't be eye-scanned without muscle strain... and the optics becomes cost-impractical. =20 > That's why a million night vision goggles have 40=B0 FOV.=20 > > Say the eye's resolution limit at these modest light levels is about = half of the ultimate eye resolution... oh, about 2.4 arcsec. =3D 1/1000 of = 40=B0.=20 > >So there is no (zero, nada) value in ever putting better than a 600x800 display in a 40=B0 FOV HMD.=20 > >For anything less than SVGA -- either scale down the FOV to tunnel = vision, or learn to love jaggies.=20 =20 You have it right - consumer acceptability is going to be about the = optics and not the resolution of the panel - we've reached the apex of panel resolution. New and innovative optics will give the industrial = designers something to work with to design an appealing product. The panel really = has not much to do with the consumer acceptance of a product. No panel can compensate for bad optics - yet. =20 -Tony =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0263_01C7F150.201BA9B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000 = FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT=20 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> > </FONT></SPAN>Certainly QVGA, on which a = simple clock=20 face looks ragged, can only be useful as a speedometer or heart rate = monitor. As=20 a video display it is rated "suck".<SPAN = class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000 = FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT=20 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000 = FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>Oliver, being one of the Grandfathers of HMDs, you = should remember=20 a time where QVGA was considered high res. You were still making = good=20 products with what would be considered "low res" today. What's changed = other=20 than the availability of better, higher resolution=20 displays?</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>> </FONT></SPAN>SVGA gives a good enough image = and will=20 likely be the one that Makes It Big... if ever people integrate enough = useful=20 functions to make a HMD worth wearing in the mass market.<SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007>></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN>Say = 40=B0=20 diagonal FOV: any less feels like tunnel vision; any more = just can't=20 be eye-scanned without muscle strain... and the optics becomes=20 cost-impractical. <SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></= DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT = color=3D#0000ff>></FONT> </SPAN>That's why=20 a million night vision goggles have 40=B0 FOV.<SPAN = class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></= FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FO= NT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT = color=3D#0000ff>> </FONT></SPAN>Say the=20 eye's resolution limit at these modest light levels is about half = of the=20 ultimate eye resolution... oh, about 2.4 arcsec. =3D 1/1000 = of=20 40=B0.<SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></= FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=3DArial><FONT = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FO= NT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial><FONT=20 size=3D2><SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT = color=3D#0000ff>></FONT></SPAN>So=20 there is no (zero, nada) value in ever putting better than a 600x800 = display in=20 a 40=B0 FOV HMD.<SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></= FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial><FONT=20 size=3D2><SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FO= NT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT color=3D#0000ff>></FONT></SPAN>For = anything less=20 than SVGA -- either scale down the FOV to tunnel vision, or learn to = love=20 jaggies.<SPAN class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></= FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FO= NT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007><FONT color=3D#0000ff>You have it = right - consumer=20 acceptability is going to be about the optics and not the resolution of = the=20 panel - we've reached the apex of panel resolution. = </FONT> <FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>New and innovative optics will give the industrial = designers=20 something to work with to design an appealing product. The panel = really=20 has not much to do with the consumer acceptance of a product. No = panel can=20 compensate for bad optics -=20 yet.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT= ></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FO= NT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007>-Tony</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT= ></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FO= NT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20 class=3D500473417-07092007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FO= NT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0263_01C7F150.201BA9B0-- --===============0458817011== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Wear-Hard mailing listhttp://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard --===============0458817011==--
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