{"id":303,"date":"2007-01-24T18:36:52","date_gmt":"2007-01-24T17:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/2007\/01\/24\/emagin-z800-price-increased-by-25-and-some-words-about-other-hmds\/"},"modified":"2008-01-13T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2008-01-13T20:41:55","slug":"emagin-z800-price-increased-by-25-and-some-words-about-other-hmds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/2007\/01\/24\/emagin-z800-price-increased-by-25-and-some-words-about-other-hmds\/","title":{"rendered":"eMagin z800 price increased by 2.5, and some words about other HMDs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The eMagin Z800<\/a> was the closest thing to a good consumer HMD, at a somewhat affordable $599. The only reason why I didn’t buy it yet is that I haven’t been able to test it yet. But last week eMagin decided to increase the price to a much much less affordable $1,499.00, with the hardware being exactly the same ! ! !<\/p>\n

It seems that eMagin is much less interested in gamers than in commercial an military applications, although their webpage still puts a lot of emphasize on gaming.
\nI’m really surprised and sad about that fact. Does it mean the market is still not ready? Will a price increase help the consumer market? Will the price decrease once the commercial market is good enough? Why don’t they make a commercial price and a consumer price, just like 3dConnexion Space Navigator SE<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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For the last two weeks I have been able to test a Virtual Research V6<\/a> (640×480) and a Virtual Research 1280<\/a> (1280×1024) both with a 60\u00c2\u00b0 field of view diagonal. And guess what? the V6 is much more comfortable to use! Even if you have big pixels, having a constant head movement (read, you’re not still) and putting some antialising gives a really great immersion feeling.<\/p>\n

This is due to the optic lens that stands between your eyes and the displays. The lens of the V6 is much more tolerant to where you put your eyes. Even if you’re not exactly where the eye is supposed to be, you won’t be bothered by the induced deformation. This is more a problem on the VR 1280, and much, much more a problem on the piSight Sensics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’d still like to try the eMagin z800 though, but also the Trimersion HMD<\/a> which seems to have a tracking option.<\/p>\n

Are they other options out there for an affordable 3D HMD, possibly with tracking?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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