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To: Night Writer who wrote (37626)	11/27/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Loki	Respond to of 97611

NW...The VRD was promoted at the tech conference in Atlanta last Spring. I believe Motorola was touting it, using a head strap and eye piece. I wonder if there are any side effects. It is interesting....thanks for the link. Loki

To: Night Writer who wrote (37626)	11/27/1998 12:56:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

fascinating idea but lots of issues in both market understanding and technology. Few of the technologies which create a radical departure in usage model have received good acceptance - remember in the early '80s when Genreal Motors bought Hughes Aerospace partly to get the 'heads-up' display technology? They're still trying to find a market for that concept, seems like people are more comfortable with dials and gages they can actually touch than a 'virtual' display floating out in space.

To: Night Writer who wrote (37626)	11/27/1998 5:05:00 PM
From: Obewon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

OT Night Writer, Microvision (MVIS) has at least five years before its VRD technology becomes mainstream if at all. If that were the extent of the story I wouldn't be invested in the company presently. Their technology is being developped under Dept of Defense grants and they currently have all three major branches of the military evaluating prototypes of their VRD systems. The Navy just recently declared the VRD technology as a baseline display technology. Expectations are that the company will be awarded contracts by the Army and Air Force for helmet mounted VRD systems for their helicopter and jet pilots within a year (customers with space considerations being a key market for the technology). As a single contract would probably amount to $25-50MM in revenues and currently the revenues of the company are 1/5th that, the upside is tremedous. OB to the rest of the thread, sorry for the plug but I'm very happy with this company and Night Writer did ask about it.