System afterlife

[Demon Cleaner]

Wasn't the Virtual Boy also terribly migraine-inducing?

I don't know, but I have an Olympus EyeTrek headset, and you feel quite dizzy in the beginning when watching a movie for 20 minutes.

[Harrison]

Was that EyeTrek expensive? And what is the image quality like?

Does it actually look like you are watching something displayed in front of you? or more like you are actually watching something projected directly into your eyes?

I did get to try out a more recent similar product not so long ago and it actually looked like you were watching a large TV screen about 10 feet away, plus the glasses were clear so you could still see everything else going on around you and watch the image at the same time. I forget the name of it but is was very clear and worked well. Way too expensive though.

[J T]

Wasn't the Virtual Boy also terribly migraine-inducing?

I don't know, but I have an Olympus EyeTrek headset, and you feel quite dizzy in the beginning when watching a movie for 20 minutes.

I remember reading about those! What are they like (apart from the initial giddiness)?

equivalent to a 62-inch wide-screen TV when viewed at a distance of 6 1/2 feet

That's about as close as I can sit to my 37 inch (for playing wii), really wouldn't want to go much closer, let alone with a bigger screen!

priced at $899

Please tell me you got them 2nd hand or mega-cut price....

[Demon Cleaner]

Does it actually look like you are watching something displayed in front of you? or more like you are actually watching something projected directly into your eyes?

That's difficult to say, as your eyes have to acclimate, the first time it's quite exceptional, it seems that you are looking at a very big screen or a canvas. But after some time, your eyes will hurt, as you don't have the habit. And I would also say that watching it for more than 2 hours is impossible. It's more like a toy for us big kiddies, that was also the reason I bought it

I got mine for 300$ at eBay, did not buy it new of course. My model was priced at 2000$ when it came out, there are different models existing of the EyeTrek.

[Harrison]

$300 is still quite expensive. Especially for something you probably hardly use. Although for collecting it's quite a cool piece of hardware.

[v85rawdeal]

I would still have loved to get my hands on a full Konix system (with chair)

Now that looked like a cool piece of kit, with a whopping 25 channels of sound(!) and a flippy dosk as well.

And it was, if I remember correctly, Welsh!!!

[Harrison]

The Welsh haven't been too successful over the years regarding computer hardware have there. Remember the Sam Coupe?

[AlexJ]

The Dragon 32 Computer was another commercial failure from Wales.