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- From: jo2i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jason Michael Ouellette)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: INFO: Retinal Scanning Display
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.040206.18757@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 03:40:00 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov11.040206.18757
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
- Lines: 16
- Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu
- Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu
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- I found an exciting tidbit in the May/June 1992 issue of the CyberEdge
- (TM) Journal. I'd quote it in full, but have no desire to violate
- copyright laws.
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- In summary -- the HIT lab has evidently created something called the,
- "Virtual Retinal Display." It's still in an experimental stage with a
- narrow field of view and low resolution, but the article mentions an
- ambitious goal of 1280x1024 resolution, "within several months."
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- I know the HIT Lab is well-represented on this newsgroup -- could
- someone please follow up on this? This sort of technology would seem to
- be the future of HMD's -- eliminating bulk/weight and creating a
- realistic field-of-view, possibly complete with peripheral vision...
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- Thanks.
-