Re: VFX1 info

Bernie Roehl ([email protected])
Tue, 5 Dec 1995 11:49:32 -0500

John Jeffrey Close writes:
> The VFX-1 is connected to the Forte "VIP" card in the system.
> This card is in turn driven off the the VESA feature connector of a VGA
> card. As a result, it has limited resolution because the VESA feature
> connector is limited to 640x480. This is contrary to the i-glasses and
> the VictorMaxx, which use the video-out of the system video card. In
> those systems, whatever resolution the screen is set to will display on
> the HMD (because it displays whatever is coming out the video card).

True, but you're still limited by the resolution of the LCD displays in any
case. It'll be a while before we have color LCD displays with gesater than
640x480 resolution.

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   Bernie Roehl
   University of Waterloo Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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