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Re: Good HMDs - Was: help!!!

From: Don Papp <>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 15:21:46 -0600 (MDT)

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Tony Havelka wrote:

> 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.

	I believe camcorder hacking is more about "getting resolution"
than "saving cost".  (Though of course it is much cheaper.  The M1 is
easily the most expensive component of any non-prefab wearable I have
priced out)

	The trend towards "waiting for something that does 800x600" may be
explained as simple grass-is-always-greener, but perhaps that is not it.
It could very well mean that to many wearable enthusiasts, display
resolution is simply more important than CPU horsepower or whatever else
you put it up against.

| Donald Papp
|           

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