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Lot 652

VIRTUAL REALITY: N-Vision.
Datavisor 10X Head Mounted Display & Video Control Unit, McLean, Virginia, c.1992,

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

US$2,000 - US$2,500

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VIRTUAL REALITY: N-Vision.

Datavisor 10X Head Mounted Display & Video Control Unit, McLean, Virginia, c.1992, HMD in mixed materials, control unit in aluminum chassis, with connection cables from HMD.

N-Vision has focused on military, medical and other scientific applications for their virtual reality technology. Their products have been used by NASA (who have used a number of Datavisor models in the Johnson Space Center Virtual Reality Lab), Boeing, Lockheed and all branches of the armed services. The Datavisor 10X uses 2 CRTs to project images to the HMD wearer at what was a relatively high resolution for the time. The cost was somewhere in the mid 5 figures, so certainly not obtainable for the average consumer.

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