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Manufacturer: Polhemus Labs
Resolution: 4-to 8-foot fiber-optic cables, 500 X 500 TV line pairs
Weight: 0.88 lbs
Field of view: 40H, custom optics
Video in: NTSC or RGB
Cost: $35,000 (£25,666)
Launch Date: July 1995
Estimated Value: $8-10,000
Headset: LVES (Low Vision Enhancement System)
Manufacturer: John Hopkins Medical Institutions, NASA
Cost: $3,000 (£2,196)
Resolution: Monochrome CRT, 500 X 500
Weight: 453 g (15.97 oz)
Field of view: 80 H (est.), custom optics
Video in: NTSC
Launch Date: November 1995
Estimated Value: $2-3,000
Headset: Cyberface 2
Manufacturer: LEEP Systems Inc.
Resolution: Color LCD, 479 x 234 elements
Weight: 1927 g (67.97 oz)
Field of view: 140H, LEEP optics
Video in: NTSC, PAL, or RGB
Cost: $8,100 (£5,930)
Launch Date: August 1992
Estimated Value: $2-5,000
Manufacturer: Kaiser Aerospace
Video in: Color LCD, 479 x 234 elements
Field of View: 40V X 60H
Graphics: Custom Optics
Cost: $50,000 (£36,613)
Launch Date: September 1993
Estimated Value: $5-10,000
Manufacturer: CAE-Electronics Ltd
Cost: $250,000 (£183,078)
Launch Date: April 1992
Video in: NTSC or RGB
Imaging: Fiber optics, color light valves, color CRT
Resolution: 1,000 X 1,000
Weight: 5.0-6.0 lbs
Field of view: Up to 127HX66V, Pancake Window optics
Estimated Value: £20,000 – £50,000
Headset: TELESPHERE MASK
Manufacturer: Morton Heilig
Platform: TV Input
Graphics: stereoscopic (3-D) TV
Cost: $100,000+
Launch Date: 1960
Estimated Value:$500,000+
Headset: VR4 Head Mounted Display
Manufacturer: Virtual Research
Platform: Solaris 2.4
Graphics: RS-170 color video display
Cost: $12,000 (£8,852)
Launch Date: March 1994
Headset: PROvision 100 VR Turnkey System
Manufacturer: Division Ltd, UK
Platform: Custom Intel i860, INMOS Transputer
Graphics: 35,000 Gouraud-Shaded, Z-Buffered Polygons
Cost: $50,000 (£36,886)
Launch Date: May 1992
Estimated Value: $7,000+
