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Nik Skjoth · August 21st, 2007, 11:12 AM

Does anyone have experience or recommendation for wearable displays such as:

http://www.myvu.com
http://www.porta-jib.com/eyetop-centra.html

Im looking for something that can replace the on camera viewfinder completelly, since I find it unpractical to use the XL2 viewfinder while on steadycam..

Prefferably something that only covers the right eye, like the eyetop, but quality rules... how is the eyetop anyways... can it be used to focus?

Andrew Plumb · August 21st, 2007, 07:02 PM

Depending on your budget, Tek Gear carries a range (budget and tech-specs) of HMDs. I've bought the occasional device from them for VR and wearable computing applications.

Nik Skjoth · August 22nd, 2007, 02:59 PM

cool thanks..

So which of those are any good?

My budget is around 1000$'ish

Andrew Plumb · August 22nd, 2007, 04:25 PM

For a $1K budget, you're probably best off trying something like an Icuiti M920-Video. That will at least get you a 640x480 colour display @ 60Hz.

The Eyetops and MyVu are only QVGA (320x240).

Icuiti does have a couple of 640x480-based stereo/binocular HUDs in various degrees of availability:
- AV920
- DV920
- VR920

Manuals can be found here.

Nik Skjoth · August 22nd, 2007, 07:02 PM

the Icuiti m920 looks interesting. To bad its only for NTSC... There goes one customer down the drain...

Andrew Plumb · August 22nd, 2007, 07:58 PM

Send Tony at Tekgear a message, see what he says.

Knowing how these things are often designed, the M920-Video may be "only" NTSC because there's a jumper or something on the inside that needs to be changed to put it in PAL mode. The other binocular displays appear to do both NTSC and PAL automatically, and most interface chips are quite capable of delivering either format, so it's quite possible the M920 can do it too.

August 21st, 2007, 11:12 AM	#1
Nik Skjoth Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cph Denmark Posts: 136	viewfinder glasses Does anyone have experience or recommendation for wearable displays such as: http://www.myvu.com http://www.porta-jib.com/eyetop-centra.html Im looking for something that can replace the on camera viewfinder completelly, since I find it unpractical to use the XL2 viewfinder while on steadycam.. Prefferably something that only covers the right eye, like the eyetop, but quality rules... how is the eyetop anyways... can it be used to focus?

August 21st, 2007, 07:02 PM	#2
Andrew Plumb Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 94	Depending on your budget, Tek Gear carries a range (budget and tech-specs) of HMDs. I've bought the occasional device from them for VR and wearable computing applications. __________________ "The future is already here. It's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson

August 22nd, 2007, 04:25 PM	#4
Andrew Plumb Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 94	For a $1K budget, you're probably best off trying something like an Icuiti M920-Video. That will at least get you a 640x480 colour display @ 60Hz. The Eyetops and MyVu are only QVGA (320x240). Icuiti does have a couple of 640x480-based stereo/binocular HUDs in various degrees of availability: - AV920 - DV920 - VR920 Manuals can be found here. __________________ "The future is already here. It's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson

August 22nd, 2007, 07:58 PM	#6
Andrew Plumb Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 94	Send Tony at Tekgear a message, see what he says. Knowing how these things are often designed, the M920-Video may be "only" NTSC because there's a jumper or something on the inside that needs to be changed to put it in PAL mode. The other binocular displays appear to do both NTSC and PAL automatically, and most interface chips are quite capable of delivering either format, so it's quite possible the M920 can do it too. __________________ "The future is already here. It's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson

August 22nd, 2007, 02:59 PM	#3
Nik Skjoth Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cph Denmark Posts: 136	cool thanks.. So which of those are any good? My budget is around 1000$'ish

August 22nd, 2007, 07:02 PM	#5
Nik Skjoth Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cph Denmark Posts: 136	the Icuiti m920 looks interesting. To bad its only for NTSC... There goes one customer down the drain...