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To: foundation who wrote (5117)	12/1/2000 6:49:07 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197041

Three years ago I tried out some Sony glasses in Tokyo. They were not 3D, but I really liked it. I'm sure they are much better now. You could see through the image so you could actually walk along a road, without bumping into something, while watching the screen; a kind of dual image, which would take a little bit of getting used to, but not much as we have peripheral vision now and can mentally focus on the image we are watching in front of us while processing anything entering the periphery and giving it attention if warranted. Mqurice

To: foundation who wrote (5117)	12/2/2000 1:07:20 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197041

And I'd be a happy surfer at 750kbs - superior to my cable modem. What are you used to accessing the net with - a T1?? Bluetooth 1's just fine. Yes, I understand why you'd be happy to wirelessly surf at 750Kbps; it would indeed be satisfactory for quite a few years. However, that is not the problem. The bandwidth you refer to is that carrying the HTML datastream from the source website. The bandwidth needed between the phone and the display device is for the bitstream for the CPU to light up all those megapixels. Sadly, this is much higher than that, orders of magnitude higher for highcolor with even 640x480 resolution. Remember, each pixel needs to be refreshed more than 60 times per second to keep from flickering. For text only, with only a 320 x 240 resolution, 2 color for B&W and a mere 30 refreshes per second you're still talking 4+ Mbps. Glasses work now. Yes, I have seen some too, but they are big, heavy, and of low quality. Mfgs have a long way to go before very many people will be willing to pay for them, let alone use them in a public place. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of this idea, and think that it is the way it will work out over time. I'm just more conservative than you on when useable devices will hit the market. I hope you are the one who turns out to be right.