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Virtual Research
Virtual Research Flight Helmet
PC headset by Virtual Research
Price
Price unavailable
Device type
PC VR
Available
Resolution
360 × 240 per eye
Field of view
93°
Release
1 August 1991
Overview
About this device
The Virtual Research Flight Helmet was produced for use in avionics simulations. It was not available to the general public, being targeted towards the business sector, priced at $6000 for a single unit.
It features early LCD displays, which offered an improved form factor when compared to CRTs (the dominant display technology at the time) at the cost of a lower resolution.
Technical details
Specifications
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Info
5 details
- Device name
- Virtual Research Flight Helmet
- Manufacturer
- Virtual Research
- Device type
- PC VR
- Announcement date
- 1 August 1991
- Release date
- 1 August 1991
Optics
2 details
- Optics type
- Aspheric lenses
- Adjustable diopter
- No
Display
2 details
- Display type
- LCD, 2 screens
- Resolution
- 360 × 240 per eye
Image
3 details
- FoV horizontal
- 93°
- FoV vertical
- 61°
- FoV diagonal
- 100°
Device
4 details
- Weight
- 1670 g
- Material
- Plastic
- Headstrap
- Integrated helmet with internal adjustable headstrap
- Colors
- White
Tracking
5 details
- Tracking type
- Non-positional
- Eye tracking
- No
- Face tracking
- No
- Hand tracking
- No
- Body tracking
- No
Controllers
1 details
- Haptics
- No
Sound
3 details
- Speakers
- Integrated stereo headphones
- Microphone
- No
- Audio jack
- No
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