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LEEP On The Cheap « Head Mounted Displays « V-Rtifacts. Build your own LEEP style wide field of view head mounted display optics.

LEEP On The Cheap « Head Mounted Displays « V-Rtifacts

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.