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- From: Marcus_Brodeur@dream.uucp (Marcus Brodeur)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk.tech
- Subject: Re: TV glasses and VR
- Message-ID: <Marcus_Brodeur.03bi@dream.uucp>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:04:10 GMT
- Organization: DreamStates BBS & CyberNet HQ in G'ville, FL 1-904-331-4317
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- In a message dated Sun 15 Nov 92 6:24, Dleclair@netlink.cts.com (douglas L
- wrote:
-
- DL> Actually ultra-thin glasses that are LCD-color based have
- DL> been
- DL> out for sometime now. I read it in the Trends section of Omni about 2
- DL>
- DL> years ago, so this is not really new technology. Although I am sure
- DL> improvements have been made since the first prototype a few years
- DL> back.
- DL> This invention _MAY_ change VR, but what about cost? Cost is going to
- DL> be
- DL> relatively high until mass production is intiated, and even then it
- DL> will
- DL> most probably become obsolete, like everything else :)
-
- The pair of true 3D stereoscopic liquid crystal display glasses I mentioned
- for the Atari ST, with adaptor and software, cost $250 4 years ago. Of
- course, I don't know what the more advanced models of today might cost, but
- that gives you something to start on.
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