From: lowry@src.honeywell.com (Dave Lowry)
Subject: Re: TECH: CRT's vs LCD's
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:47:43 GMT
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center



In article <1r5nsmINN5if@shelley.u.washington.edu>
leonar1@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (LEONARD ROSS ) writes:

>  Anyway, what does everybody else have to say about this? Has anyone
>tried to build or use and HMD based on these video units? Does anyone
>see any problems?

I built a unit from 2 Sony viewfinders.  The field-of-view is
extremely narrow -- about 20 degrees per eye.  Get a couple of toilet
paper tubes and look through them to simulate this.  Some people have
used telescope eyepieces (very expensive) instead of the simple
plastic lens that comes with the viewfinder to get a wider field of
view.  As for problems, I'm a little squeemish about wearing CRT's 2
inches from my eyeballs for an extended period.

-Dave

(not speaking for Honeywell)