Tearing Out the Guts of a Virtual Research VR-4 Helmet

Last week I shredded a Liquid Image MRG2.2. This week we go for the classic Virtual Research VR-4 stereoscopic head mounted display. There’s a lot to love about the VR-4: wide field of view optics, adjustable interpupilary distance, coated aspheric lenses, excellent fit to different heads, and provision for eyeglasses. The optics are timeless; used again in the V6, V8, and 15 years later in today’s Virtual Research VR-1280.

All these HMDs rely on 1.3″ displays… so the challenge is out: to find improved LCDs to drop into the classic VR-4, although the resolution of the original displays isn’t half bad.

So… in two parts… have a look inside the VR-4.

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2 Comments. Posted by on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 6:07 pm.

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  1. palmertech says:

    Here are some 1.3″ LCDs. Last I checked, you can get engineering samples of them from Epson for about $3000 USD apiece. There are quite a few commercial projectors floating around that use 1.3″ and 1.4″ displays, I would look into ripping the guts of those.

    But boy… 60 FOV with 1920×1280 dual displays sure is tempting!

    Posted on March 8, 2010 at 11:47 pm.

  2. palmertech says:

    Hmmm… Am I able to post links?

    http://www.bbs-bildsysteme.com/html/epson.htm

    Posted on March 8, 2010 at 11:51 pm.

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