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- From: adamfast@u.washington.edu (adam feuer)
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- Subject: Re: INFO?: Sony Visortron vr goggles...
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- Date: 25 Dec 92 00:21:25 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec18.165720.8202@u.washington.edu>
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- This is the text of the article in Time Magazine 28 December 1992 p11,
- about the Sony Visortron.
-
- (picture of a womyn wearing the Sony Visortron and displaying a small
- video deck hooked up to it. caption: "Want the world to go away? Try
- this gadget.")
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- "The Walkman Was Primitive By Comparison
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- It may look like a weird pair of wraparound sunglasses, but the new
- Sony Visrotron has nothing to do with observing one's surroundings. On
- the contrary. Two tiny video screens (one in front of each eye) and a
- miniature videotape player provide the equivalent of a personal movie
- theater. Sony says a few hours of viewing do no harm to the user's
- eyes. The company hopes to market the device to airlines. First class
- of course."
-
- (A scan of the picture of the Visortron is available in GIF and Mac
- PICT form, by Gopher from
-
- gopher.uwtc.washington.edu
-
- in the folder GIFs/visortron; it is also available by ftp from
-
- ftp.uwtc.washington.edu
-
- in the folder pub/TechComm/visortron. Sorry about the bad quality of
- the pictures, this was a spur of the moment thing.
-
- Thanks to Craig Fifer for pointing me at this article. Anyone with
- more information please email me at adamfast@u.washington.edu )
-