[roll-man]

Greetings,

A good friend of mine wanted me to get a little feedback on these interesting devices and thought that maybe some of you gamers, geeks, or otherwise might have some sort of experience/opinion. Chime in early and often...he's looking to get one of these for himself as a Christmas gift. Thanx.

 

[jaskin]

Nah, I don't think any of those are good options. The screen will be so close to your eyes. Imagine the damage done to your eyes everytime you CS.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Not personal experience, but I read a very good review of the Sony Glasstron's. The only bad thing the reviewer could say about it was that during one particularly...(I dunno, I didn't see the film, gruesome? sad?)...scene in Saving Private Ryan, he couldn't look away.

 

[chych]

I've heard people complan about such displays... in that after you use them your vision is really distorted. Anyways, it would damage your sight rather quickly...

 

[coolvij]

It's a very neat concept.....but, according to the above posts and some reviews I read a while back, there are some glitches that have to be smoothed out.....

Does anyone remember the silly Nintendo product that was made similar to these - tho with a cheap LCD instead of a color screen...........it was Nintendo's attempt at "Virtual Reality" for the masses, I guess..........failure........regardless.......... what WAS it called?

 

[gloco]

Quote:

Originally posted by coolvij Does anyone remember the silly Nintendo product that was made similar to these - tho with a cheap LCD instead of a color screen...........it was Nintendo's attempt at "Virtual Reality" for the masses, I guess..........failure........regardless.......... what WAS it called?

Virtual Boy....nice name eh?

George

 

[neil]

Oh, man, I'm rollin' over here.

Sim Eye XL100A. Looks like that guy is about to topple over from the size of that unit. I hear that if you wear one of these in public, it is scientifically proven to repel women and company in general.

 

[roll-man]

my buddy called me and sais "ok, I decided which one I'm getting...it's the sim-eye" I looked and like you, was rolling on the floor with laughter...suffice to say, he was kidding. The specs on it are pretty amazing. I would think it's safe to say that that baby is NOT for your average consumer...

 

[MooGoesTheCow]

check out some of the projects in one of the most popular classes at school here: Building Virtual Worlds

You have to see it to believe it...pretty incredible stuff.

 

[dhwilkin]

Sweet, somebody built a Calvin & Hobbes environment, that rocks!

We've got a similar class over here, but it's less inter-disciplinary and is based off the UT engine. I was a participant in its first few semesters.