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Good HMDs - Was: help!!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rehmi Post [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 10:01 PM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: help!!!
>
> <snip>
>
> The past and present Lizzy was built by and for wearable users with modest
> hardware skills, and as such comprises little more than a stack
> of PC/104 cards
> (main CPU, video, and other interface cards).  It represents one
> way of building
> a wearable PC from off-the-shelf components (PC/104 boards) for
> about the cost
> of an up-to-date desktop machine.  The most complex operations
> involved are
> soldering new connectors onto wire harnesses and mounting the boards in an
> aluminum case.
>
> The biggest problem still facing us all is the lack of a good,
> in-production
> head-mounted display suitable for constant use.
>

I beg to differ.  I think the biggest problem facing us all is the lack of
useful mainstream applications that effectively utilize _current_ affordable
technology. It is quite interesting that some people are willing to base
their wearable design on a 386 PC/104 module, or that they are willing to
reverse-engineer a camcorder CRT and risk death by high voltage shock, in an
effort to save cost, but are "holding off" on purchasing a commercial HMD
because there isn't one available that will do 800x600.

The M1 is a good in-production HMD which is suitable for constant use. With
next day delivery, and a competent tech support staff there is no better
support for a product out there right now.  If you buy an M1, you know that
your purchase is protected under the Technology Upgrade Program
(http://www.tekgear.ca/tup.html) and that when M2 is released, you can trade
in your M1 for a $350 credit towards M2.  With your technology investment at
$150, the M1 is a really inexpensive way to start experimenting with
wearable computing.

- Tony

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