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Where on the web can I get a twiddler?
and is the twiddler designed to work with the keyboard plug or is it a
serial device?

-----Original Message-----
From: Brenden Tuck <>
To:  <>
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 3:49 PM
Subject: Virtual Vision glasses?

>I was reading on pointcast today, and this article came up, anybody
>know what it is all about?
>
>
>>( BW)(FED/VIRTUAL-VISION) Virtual Vision, Inc. Demonstrates
>>Prototype Personal Information Display(tm) Headset Systems
>>
>>
>>    Business Editors
>>
>>    HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998 Virtual Vision,
Inc.,
>>a subsidiary of FED Corporation, demonstrated prototype Personal
Information
>>Display(tm) glasses-like headsets for portable computer applications at
the
>>Lehman Brothers TECH EXPO '98 in New York City today. This headset
provides a
>>view equivalent to that of a 21-in. CRT Monitor at arms length, yet is
small
>>enough to fold and place in a vest pocket.  The headset is a spin-off of a
>>design originally developed for NASA for the US Space Shuttle program.
>>The headset systems will also be demonstrated at the Society for
>>Information Display (SID) Conference in Anaheim, CA later the same week.
>>    The prototype headsets incorporated two flat panel displays: color
NTSC
>>video liquid crystal displays, and fixed image monochrome SXGA
>>(1280 x 1024 pixels) organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. A SVGA
>>color model is planned for pilot production in the fourth quarter. The
>>monocular display systems are being designed as portable/wearable
>>computer peripherals for maintenance, point of sale, inventory control,
>>medical, and many other applications, and can be configured for either
left
>>or right eye use.
>>    Virtual Vision, Inc. (Redmond, WA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of
>>privately held FED Corporation (Hopewell Junction, NY). Virtual Vision
>>develops and markets head-mounted display systems for stand-alone and
>>wireless computing in commercial, industrial, and military applications.
>>The company leverages its intellectual property portfolio and expertise to
>>provide products which will equip mobile workers with real-time data for
>>hands-on work activities, and to expand connectivity of mobile computing
>>by integrating head-mounted display technology with head tracking, eye
>>tracking, real-time video, and wireless communications.
>>
>
>--friar
>

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