From: owner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu on behalf of Ernst Kruijff
[kruijff@fossi.uni-weimar.de]
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 7:05 AM
To: Anders Backman
Cc: 3-D User Interaction Mailing List
Subject: RE: HighEnd HMD:s ???

Hi Anders,

You might check the Kaiser Proview series, still, since their high FOV
seem to be very reasonable. 

Also: check www.stereo3d.com, or the overview one of our students is
preparing, at www.uni-weimar.de/~grether/compan.html 

Cheers,

Ernst




> I was thinking more of HighEnd, stereo , wide FOV.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ivan Poupyrev [mailto:poup@mic.atr.co.jp]
> > Sent: den 27 oktober 2000 09:15
> > To: Anders Backman
> > Cc: 3-D User Interaction Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: HighEnd HMD:s ???
> > 
> > 
> > If you do not need stereo take a look at Cy-visor:
> > http://www.personaldisplay.com/ Looks like a nice
> > HMD with moderate price (they quoted about $1200 when
> > i wrote them early of Summer). Aparently it has an SVGA
> > resolution 800x600.
> > 
> > ivan
> > 
> > Anders Backman wrote:
> > 
> > > Long time since any new postings, so here is one (but with a really old
> > > content).
> > >
> > > We have a Virtual Research VR8 HMD and want a better one.
> > >  * Higher resolution
> > >  * Better contrast
> > >  * Longer cable?
> > >  * Greater FOV
> > >
> > > Could anyone help me here?
> > > I have been searching somewhat on the web, and I have found 
> > some options.
> > > Kaiser has a couple (not to great FOV though)
> > > N-vision with their really nice UFO (Datavisor)
> > >
> > > but not much else.
> > >
> > > So I would really love some input.
> > > Also include price if possible!!
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > > Anders Backman.
> > >
> > > ________________________________________________________________
> > >  Anders Backman               Email:    andersb@cs.umu.se
> > >  HPC2N/VRlab                  Phone:    +46 (0)90-786 9936
> > >  Umea university              Cellular: +46 (0)70-392 64 67
> > >  S-901 87 UMEA SWEDEN         Fax:      +46 90-786 6126
> > >                               http://www.cs.umu.se/~andersb
> > >
> > > ________________________________________________________________
> > >  Anders Backman               Email:    andersb@cs.umu.se
> > >  HPC2N/VRlab                  Phone:    +46 (0)90-786 9936
> > >  Umea university              Cellular: +46 (0)70-392 64 67
> > >  S-901 87 UMEA SWEDEN         Fax:      +46 90-786 6126
> > >                               http://www.cs.umu.se/~andersb
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Ivan Poupyrev . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/~poup
> > poup@mic.atr.co.jp . . . . . . . . MIC Labs, ATR Japan 0774-951432
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 

                        ernst kruijff (M.A.)
             teaching and research scientist
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