LEEP On The Cheap « Head Mounted Displays « V-Rtifacts. Build your own LEEP style wide field of view head mounted display optics.
Check out the instruction video and parts list below. In the late 80′s and early 90′s wide field of view head mounted displays were all the rage; immersion was everything! The dominant HMD vendors, VPL Research and Virtual Research shared the same optical implementation: lenses from LEEP Systems. These wide angle optics (designed by Eric Howlett of LEEP), coupled with 2″ or 3″ LCD screens really did deliver a totally immersive visual experience…except that the resolution of the LCDs were so low that under this extreme magnification each pixel looked like a football; you were swimming is a sea of colored footballs! LCD Screens and LEEP Optics. Casque de realite virtuel. Sensics - Lightweight Panoramic Head-Mounted Displays. Table tactile iliGHT.