Joe Fuentes wrote: > I'm new to this list. > > I'm new to HMD's too. > > I'm still trying to figure out how to turn a view > finder into a HMD. Though I have gotten some help I > haven't yet been able to try out the advice. Hold that thought. :-) > I've been looking though here and there and seen links > on buying all the stuff and buying kits like at > tekgear.com and such. What I'm trying to figure out is > why someone would bother with a kit when they can > pickup a pair of I-glasses or such on ebay for under > 200 USD??? I thought the I-glasses blocked off normal sight. Great for sitting in a chair, watching a movie, not so great for walking around. OTOH, this looks interesting: http://www.vrealities.com/vr1.html > It's just a wonder, being of a questioning background > I love to tackle new projects and do things my self > and learn. Though most of the time those projects are > things that cost a fraction of what it would cost to > just go out and buy it. That is the issue. Yes, it is wonderful to do it all yourself. But if it never gets done (as you note above) or if it ends up costing more, was it really the best choice? Now with various HMDs costing ~500 USD, perhaps they more clearly fall into the buy rather than build category for most people. Each person has to decide how well they want to treat their eyes, and whether or not they are normally successful with hardware projects they attempt. > Yea at full retail things like eye-link Just to be clear, the eye-link is a toy costing around 35 USD, into which someone has found a way to put an HMD. Perhaps you meant the eyetop. > Just wondering what others have to say on this issue. It seems to be the core tension on this list. Lots of people want to construct their wearable by hand, hence endless messages about how to build this or that with found objects. IMO, if you're interested in using a wearable or developing the software for it, buy rather than build as much as possible. With a QVGA HMD, twiddler, and used laptop, you can go from zero to wearable in 1000-1500 USD. Steve -- http://www.stevebarr.com "Your lips should remain unmoved." All 100% my own opinions. -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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