Tag: HMD
VRLux – PostMortem
During last week-end, along with six fellow VRGeeks, we participated in the Global Game Jam 2013 for some non-professional VR fun. While the four other VRGeeks created two other teams, I teamed with Judith Guez to work on…
Read More »Characteristics of Professional HMDs, by Sensics
Sensics, makers of the renowned piSight HMDs has released a very interesting white paper called “Characteristics of Professional HMDs“. Here’s the introduction : As of July 2009, the perfect head mounted display (HMD) – the one providing exceptional…
Read More »Cheap DIY HMD
What can I say ? That’s the future ! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyrjBMAa6xE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Read More »Stereoscopic 3D Film and Animation – Getting It Right
Ken Wittlief, a senior engineer at Vuzix (formerly Icuiti Corp), “makers of VideoEyewear and other micro display systems”, has written an excellent article about do’s and don’ts when creating a stereoscopic entertainment. Here are some highlights of the…
Read More »The state of Virtual Reality .. in 1993 !
The guys at EVL are posting a lot of videos !! Those two show a state of VR in 1993, with an impressive list of videos and applications. It would be really nice to have one such video…
Read More »Old school VR by Sega and Nintendo
Did you know that in 1995 Nintendo released a portable VR console, called the Virtual Boy ? With a monochrome stereoscopic HMD with a 384×224 resolution, it was priced at 180$ and reportedly Nintendo sold 700’000 units. The…
Read More »Comparing HMDs
Marc Bernatchez, from VResources, has an interesting article about comparing HMDs. He compares angular resolution, field of view, stereo overlapping, and the relevance of all these factors when compared to human visual abilities. For example, here’s the summary…
Read More »eMagin Z800 review
I wrote an extensive review of the eMagin Z800 HMD for VResources.org. Go read it now to know everything you want to know about this HMD 😉
Read More »Try the Crescent HMD at Laval
The Crescent HEWDD-768 HMD was presented at Laval Virtual 2007. It is being improved and will be showcased on July 13th 2007 at Laval, in Nautilus buildings. Contact Gilles Brossard for more information about the HMD or the…
Read More »The story behind the Trimersion HMD
[Update Oct 2008: The company seems to be dead now…] [Update Oct 2009: Worse, they are now being sued by their investors !! See comments] When I learned that eMagin increased their prices, I went back to look…
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