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- From: fushimi@idas.imslab.co.jp (Satoshi Fushimi)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: TECH: SONY MHD announced (In Japanese)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.012033.13488@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 13:36:36 GMT
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Information and Mathematical Science Lab. Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu
- Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
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- On November 11, Japanese newspaper reported about a test version of
- SONY HMD. Here is a report on more precise specification from SONY's
- press release note.
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- Device name: "Visortron"
- Display: two LCDs with 103K pixels and 0.7 inch size(!)
- LCD Driver: two drivers(though the test version has a sigle external interface)
- Optical System: SONY-original non-spehrical plastic lenses
- Personal Tuning: sight, head band(distance of eye and lens)
- Sound System: two earphones
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- Porpose: personal video display with wide screen image
- (video tape, video game, etc. )
- maybe VR?
- Human Factor Consideration: tested and designed from human engineering
- and ophthalmology view points.
- Application Example Investigated: aircraft entertainment system
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- Commercial Release: not yet determined
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- Satoshi Fushimi Information & Mathematical Science Lab. Inc. Tokyo
- e-mail: fushimi@idas.imslab.co.jp
- fax: +81-3-3590-5353 phone: +81-3-3590-5211
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