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  1. Re:Better than flat screen: get one of these by shepd · · Score: 2 · on Your Eyes Will Melt Out Of Your Head

    >Yes, but it costs more than this projector.

    No, it doesn't.

    i-O displays will sell you an HMD with XGA resoltion for between $1k and $2k (IIRC -- they don't have this model for sale right now). They have an SVGA unit for under $700 right now, if you don't need the resolution.

  2. Re:WHY? by shepd · · Score: 2 · on Philip's SFFO 3cm 4Gig Optical Discs

    >It would be pretty cool if they could build a decent screen into a pair of glasses though.

    Done and done and done.

    One day I'll have enough throw away money to buy a pair...

  3. Where's my goddamned flying cars?!!! by Thud457 · · Score: -1 · on Heads-Up Wearable Display

    This idea is way old. Why haven't you lazy motherfuckers come up with anything better than this yet?!!!

  4. Re:this thing is worthless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Charmed Announces Crusoe-based Linux Wearable

    Well, you could start with this $999 HMD and go buy a low-end $1109 laptop, and buy $400 of tech support to set it all up.

    Whopsie daisy, looks like we've broken the bank.

  5. Re:Not lag - support, then resolution. by dbowden · · Score: 2 · on Virtual Reality With Unreal Tournament
    Nah - I never had much complaint about the lag on my i-glasses!, my biggest complaint was the lack of support (actual 3D games to play), and the second was the resolution. Try playing your favorite game in 320x200 resolution for a while, and see how realistic it looks.

    Better yet, try and read anything on the screen at that resolution.

    They're still cool toys, but I haven't used them nearly as much as I thought I would.

  6. CAVES are cool! by dbowden · · Score: 3 · on High-End VR QuakeIII Arena
    I got to play with one of the ones at the University of Illionis-Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory about five years ago. I was considering going there for a graduate degree and took a tour to check out the facilities.

    Boy do they have cool stuff there!

    The best part was when I got to play with a CAVE . It's a cube about 10ft square with 3D projections on three walls and the floor, which really gives you a feeling of immersion. My favorite program was the cathedral, which imitated the interior of a cathedral (who'd have guessed?). You could "walk" around the interior, which was mostly bare, except for a stairway leading up towards the roof. The stairs had no railing, and I had trouble getting up to the top without falling off. The person who was giving the tour told me that most people's favorite thing was to climb to the top, and then jump off, so I tried it. It's almost as good as a roller coaster! I really got a feeling of falling, as I watched the walls go by, and the floor zoom up at me.

    Unfortunately, (well, not really) I got offered a job with Hewlett Packard, and decided to buy a house and have a life instead of being a poor student and playing with really cool geek toys.

    I have a set of i-glasses , but they don't even come close to the CAVE in terms of immersion.

    Hmmm. I should pull the i-glasses back out of the box and try playing with them again. The only game I ever liked with them was Descent, because it actually worked in 3D. It was pretty neat to strafe around a corner, and be able to see the corner wall with one eye, and an enemy ship with the other eye.

    Do any other /.ers have i-glasses? What games do you like to play with them?

  7. What, no gyro/motiontracker? by toybuilder · · Score: 2 · on 19" Monitor Goes Portable

    If only they added asilicon micro-ring gyros for motion-tracking!

    The inViso eShades looks to be a lot less bulky than earlier personal-display devices.

    I used to own a pair of Virtual Reality i-glasses, but they were too bulky and low-res to bother with after the novelty wore off. Still, it was fun playing FPS's with the head motion-tracker.

    Alas, even in this era of disposable technology, VR-gears are still way too expensive for the average Joe!

  8. 3d camcorder. by belial · · Score: 1 · on Minolta 3D Camera

    There is a 3d lens attachment for camcorders available at http://www.i-glasses.com/.

  9. a better deal... by levendis · · Score: 1 · on Head Mounted Displays Get Cheaper

    check out
    http://www.i-glasses.com

    these are $399