| Background | Binocular Vendors | Wearable/Monocular HMD | Component Vendors |
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"Battle of the Headsets: an informal evaluation of the latest budget-level HMDs"
By Chen T., Gadd A., Poupyrev I., and Fels S., Media Integration and Communication Research Laboratories, ATRInternational, Kyoto, Japan in VRNews Volume 8 issue 7, 1999 pgs 14-18 http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/poup/research/papers/headsets.html |
| Klaus Grether's HMD list
http://www.uni-weimar.de/~grether/compan.html Prior Patent Application on Retinal Display |
| Christoph Bungert's HMD List
http://www.stereo3d.com/hmd.htm Good background, comparison chart, updated Oct 99 |
| Delft University of Technology.
Mobile Multimedia Communication (MMC) Research into mobile multimedia. Includes good section on HMDs http://www.mmc.tudelft.nl/education/hmd-case |
| MicroDisplay Report
47 East Rocks Road Norwalk, CT 06851 phone: (203) 849-8059 fax: (203) 849-8069 http://www.mdreport.com Industry News Magazine, links to vendors, products |
| Stanford Resources, Inc.
20 Great Oaks Boulevard, Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95119 tel: 408.360.8400 fax: 408.360.8410 email: sales@stanfordresources.com http://www.stanfordresources.com market & tech research firm specializing in electronic display industry |
| HoloVerse
001 508 394 9221 PO Box 289 Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 http://www.holoverse.com Prior Patent Application on Retinal Display |
| CGSD
2483 Old Middlefield Way #140 Mountain View, CA 94043-2330 USA Tel 650-903-4920 Fax 650-967-5252 http://www.cgsd.com |
Ruggedized Sony Glasstron RA100 |
| Cybermind UK | HiRes 800 & HiRes 200 are
repackaged Sony Glasstron
Visette Pro HMD |
| DAEYANG E&C
2002 Samho Park Tower, 1122-10, Inkye-Dong, Paldal-Ku, Suwon City, Korea TEL : 82-331-238-7231 FAX : 82-331-238-7232 http://www.personaldisplay.com |
DH 4400
VGA/SVGA/NTSC/PAL/SVHS input capability, SVGA high resolution output, MicroDisplay's 0.49-inch, 1.44 million dots reflective microdisplay, 25mm eye relief, ± 31.2 ° degree diagonal FOV, 13mm exit pupil |
| Fakespace Labs
241 Polaris Ave Mountain View CA 94043 USA Tel: 415 688 1940 Fax: 415 688 1949 http://www.fakespacelabs.com |
Head Coupled boom mounted:Boom 3C, Boom HF
Head coupled table mounted: Push 1280, Push 640 |
| Interactive Imaging Systems
Inc.
2166 Brighton Henrietta Townline Road Suite B Rochester, NY 14623 Tel: 716 240 8000 Fax 716 240 8003 http://www.iisvr.com |
VFX1, VFX3D
LitEye Color Display LitEye Grey Scale |
| i-O Display Systems
1370 Willow Road, Suite 101 Menlo Park, CA 94025-1515 USA 800 339 5287 Tel: 650 323 8407 Fax: 650 323 1742 http://www.i-glasses.com |
i-Glasses
I-glasses LC I-glasses X2 i-glasses Protec |
| InterSense Inc.
73 Second Avenue Burlington, MA 01803 USA Tel: 781-270-0090 Fax: 781-229-8995 http://www.isense.com |
i-Glasses + InterTrax2 inertial tracker |
| Kaiser Electro-Optics Inc
2752 Loker Ave West Carlsbad, CA 928008 USA Tel: 619 438 9255 Fax: 619 438 6875 http://www.keo.com/Hmds.html |
The ProView Family
ProView XL35 System ProView XL50 System ProView XL40/50 Tra System (see-through) SIMEYE XL100 |
MRG2.2
MRG3c MRG4 X3 M1 Monocular |
| n-Vision Inc
7680 Old Springhouse Rd First Floor Mclean, VA 22102 USA Tel 703 506 8808 Fax: 703 903 0455 http://www.nvis.com |
VB-30 Binoculars
Datavisor 80 Datavisor HiRes Datavisor VGA Datavisor NVG Virtual Binoculars Virtual Monoscope Datavisor LCD |
| Optics 1/OpTechs
3050 Hillcrest Drive, Suite 100 Westlake Village CA 91362 USA Tel: 805 446 1453 Fax: 805 737 8966 http://www.optics1.com |
PT-O1, EzView II; |
| Olympus
http://www.eye-trek.com |
Eye-Trek video glasses
FMD-150W: 150K pixels FMD-200: 240K pixels |
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Tek Gear, Inc.
1-90 Market Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0P3 Canada voice 204.988.3000 fax 204.988.3050 http://www.tekgear.ca/hmd |
M1, M2 Monocular. PCTV-K180 VGA Stereoscopic, PTV-K240 16:9 video stereoscopic |
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Virtual Research Systems, Inc.
2359 De La Cruz Blvd. Santa Clara, California 95050 Tel: (408) 748-8712 Fax: (408) 748-8714 http://www.virtualresearch.com |
V8: VGA
V6, V8 HMD WindowVR V8 Binoculars Cyclops flat panel display Ruggedized Glasstron |
| ComSonics
1350 Port Republic Road / P.O. Box 1106 Harrisonburg, VA 22801 USA Toll free +800-336-9681 voice 540-434-5965 fax 540-434-9847 http://www.headmountdisplay.com |
320x240 grey scale
640x480 - 256 colors |
| Liteye
12415 Dumont Way, Unit 103 Littleton CO 80125 303-470-8049 or 800-411-5627 http://www.liteye.com |
Liteye-100 color or GreyScale low-res video display
Liteye-200 rugged, 640X480 VGA/video,40° FOV Liteye-300 47° FOV, 640X480 VGA/video |
| MicroOptical Corp
236 Huntington Ave Boston, MA USA Tel: 617 578 0050 http://www.microopticalcorp.com |
Eye glass display. Clip on or integrated. |
| Microvision Inc
2203 Airport Way South, Suite100 Seattle, WA 98134 USA Tel: 206 623 7055 Fax: 206 623 7331 http://www.mvis.com |
Virtual Retinal Display. Red/Black HMD prototypes available. Color HMD with large support cabinet prototype built. |
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Tek Gear, Inc.
1-90 Market Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0P3 Canada voice 204.988.3000 fax 204.988.3050 http://www.tekgear.ca/hmd |
M1, M2 Monocular. PCTV-K180 VGA Stereoscopic, PTV-K240 16:9 video stereoscopic |
| Via Inc. (wearable, various headsets
11 bridgesquare Northfield, MN 55057 http://www.via-pc.com http://www.flexipc.com |
wearable computer with optional HMD |
| Virtual Visions Inc
7659 178th Place NE Redmond, WA, 98052 USA Tel: 425 882 7878 Fax: 425 882 7373 http://www.virtualvision.com |
wearable computer with optional HMD |
| Xybernaut
12701 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 550 Fairfax, VA 22033 USA Tel: 703 631 6925 Fax: 703 631 6734 http://www.xybernaut.com |
wearable computer with optional HMD |
| Colorado MicroDisplay, Inc.
2477 55th. Street, Suite 201 Boulder, Colorado 80301 phone: 303.546.9700 fax: 303.546.9800 toll free: 1.888.456.4742 http://www.comicro.com |
| Densitron International PLC
Unit 4, Airport Trading Estate, Biggin Hill, Kent TN16 3BW England Tel: 44 (0) 1959 700 100 Fax: 44 (0) 1959 700 300 http://europe.densitron.net |
| DigiLens Inc.
306 Potrero Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94086 USA Tel: 408 737 1100 Fax: 408 737 1190 http://www.digilens.com |
| Displaytech, Inc.
2602 Clover Basin Drive Longmont, CO 80503-7603 USA Tel: 800 397-8124 (in U.S.) Tel: 303 772 2191 Fax: 303 772 2193 sales@displaytech.com http://www.displaytech.com |
| FED Corporation
1580 Route 52 Hopewell Junction New York 12533 voice 914.892.1900 fax 914.892.1901 http://www.fedcorporation.com/microdisplay.htm |
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inViso, Inc.
1330 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Phone: 408-734-9200 Fax: 408-734-9911 http://www.siliscape.com/index.html |
| Kopin Corporation
695 Myles Standish Blvd Taunton, MA 02780 USA Tel: 508 824 6697 Fax: 508 824 6958 http://www.kopin.com |
| The MicroDisplay Corporation
3055 Research Drive San Pablo, CA 94806 P: +1 (510) 243 9515 F: +1 (510) 243 9522 http://www.microdisplay.com |
| Planar Systems 1400 NW Compton Drive
Portland OR 970066-1992 USA Tel: 503 690 1100 Fax: 503 690 1244 http://www.planar.com |