HMD Origins: The Visette45 SXGA was shown for the first time at the InterSense exhibit. Using the CRLO Displays’ SXGA chipset, Cybermind have been able to produce a fully packaged HMD that includes headphones and weighs less than 600 grams.
“The flexible functionality of the CRLO Displays core means that our HMD is not only light weight and low power, but we can also provide the Visette45 with a see-through option,” said Vincent Graham, of Cybermind. “CRLO Displays fast switching microdisplay means that we can use LEDs as our illumination source and provide our customers with sharp, smear free images at a fraction of today’s prices,” said Graham.
The SXGA chipset enables an HD-capable, fully digital, 24bit, 1280 x 1024 pixel colour microdisplay. It can also accept lower resolution image sources. When integrated into Cybermind’s Visette45 SXGA, it becomes a powerful tool for use with interchangeable image devices, as in DVDs, PCs, PDAs, VODs, TVs, game machines and medical equipment. “The flexibility, performance and lower cost of CRLO Displays’ cores is allowing our system customers to offer new features for a growing list of new application segments, “ said Ryan West, Sales Manager for CRLO Displays Ltd.
Name: Visette 45 SXGA
Maker: Cybermind Interactive Nederland
Released: December 2005
Type: Retro – (Pre 2012)
Display: SXGA (1280×1024), about 1.3 million pixels x RGB
Field of View(FOV): 45°
Refresh Rate: 40 Hz
Launch Price: $12,900
Weight: 590 g (20.81 oz)
Features: Cybermind’s new Visette45 SXGA offers our new display technology within our fully immersive, lightweight and comfortable design. Key features are: Strong and durable but most of all comfortable. The Visette’s design enables us to integrate a wide range of precision trackers seamlessly in our design. The HMD is complete including high quality headphones and weighs less than 700 grams. hi-Res800w, hi-Res 900, V-Flexor TM Space Joystick and Visette® are registered are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Cybermind B.V.
I’m not quite sure myself about what happened with this headset, but I do know the comany has now folded and all technology they were working on has since been thrown in the cpubaord. I found it funny that even in 2005 the headsets really didn’t have anything above what they did during the great VR breakout of the 90’s.