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- From: merlin@freeside.com (Merlin the Idiot Magi)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk.tech
- Subject: Re: TV glasses and VR
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 17:06:44 CST
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- popec@freeside.com (PopeC) writes:
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- [ conspicuous post by Merlin@freeside.com deleted]
- > Depends on the interfaces. For VR you need a left and a right channel to
- > really work right as each may be a little different. If these glasses
- > have only one interface feeding two screens, this may be a problem.
- > Converting a VGA display to NTSC isn't a real big trick. There are
- > boards of the shwlf now that do that.
- > Once again, you need two boards, one left, one right to give you true
- > stereoscopic viewing.
- > Hacking these things to work for true stereoscopic VR may be a bitch.
- > Maybe they'll be smart on the Glasses and make a VR ready pair for VR
- > hackers.
- >
- >
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- I have no idea how it works right now. I would hope that the thing
- is actually poorly engineered and does broadcast on two channels. But,
- with our luck, the device will be just doubling the signal. I hope that
- someone does come up with a stereoscopic version, though. Imagine the
- uses if a large company bought out the device, sold them cheap in stereo
- form and low-power broadcast stereo TV on commuter vehicles. Include
- sets on planes, allow their cheap purchase for subways, etc. As more of
- the population bought tem, they could evetually get cable networks to
- begin broadcasting in stereo and develop a hookup for the galsses for
- that. I do see posibilties...
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