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- From: george@northwest.Berkeley.EDU
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: INFO: Virtual Reality Group (VRG)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.070417.15266@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 03:09:12 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov7.070417.15266
- References: <1992Nov5.025127.16860@u.washington.edu> <1992Nov6.034148.4196@u.was
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- Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
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- In article <1992Nov6.034148.4196@u.washington.edu>,
- m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White) writes:
- |>
- |> Chirag N. Shah writes:
- |> > I have heard about a company called Virtual Reality Group (VRG) which
- |> > presumedly manufactures HMDs with resolutions upto 1280x1024. Could
- |> > anybody who is aware of this get me their address/ph# ?
- |>
- |> The Virtual Reality Group
- |> 800 Follin Lane, Suite 270
- |> Vienna, VA 22180
- |> (703)242-0030 (voice)
- |> (703)242-5220 (fax)
- |>
- |> Contact: Christopher Lewis
- |>
- |> HMD specs:
- |> Image source: 1" monophosphor CRTs
- |> Sync: NTSC High res, VGA, 1290x1024 (per eye) workstation
- |> Refresh rate: 60 Hz
- |> HMD weight: 3 lbs
- |> Power: 100 watts
- |> Pupil res: 2 arc seconds per pixel
- |> Pupil brightness: 25 foot-lamberts
- |> Pupil diameter: 12mm
- |> IPD adjustment: 62-74mm
- |> Eye relief: 26mm
- |> Monocular FOV: 50 degrees diagonal
- |> Overlap positions: 35%, 67.5%, 100%
- |>
- |> The above info is from a spec sheet I picked up at a demo. I have no
- |> connection with VRG.
- |>
- |> ************************
- |> * These are my opinions only.*
- |> ************************
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- I have not had a chance to call VRG, but no HMDs currently have 1280X1024
- resolution especially in a 1" CRT. Correct me if I am wrong.
-
- -george
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