From: lewism@rpi.edu (Michael C. Lewis)
Subject: Re: TECH: Build you own HMD???
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 22:40:39 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY



> Sure, this isn't a knock-out HMD, but i'm still happy with it.  It's light,
> full color, and I had plenty of fun building it.  Total cost was around
> $600, but only because of Sharp's outrageosly-priced LCD and backlight
> inverter.  You could save a lot of money by grabbing a screen out of a
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> Sony watchman.  Email me if you'd like more details. 
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I've been toying with the idea of using the color LCD displays in the
Sega GameGear.  You can get these for about $99, and if you can figure out
how to write software for them you really don't need any external hardware.
The biggest problem with this is getting Sega's (closely guarded :p ) 
secrets about the programming.  Anyone have ideas about this?