Looking at a chartplotter and a 3d mapping program gave me some ideas.

Build a small computer display into the lenses of glasses. Wherever
you looked, they could either be transparent or display the positions
of buoys, etc and water depth contours superimposed on what you were
looking at.

How about a flotation helmet with heads up display.

"Parallax" wrote in message
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| Looking at a chartplotter and a 3d mapping program gave me some ideas.
|
| Build a small computer display into the lenses of glasses. Wherever
| you looked, they could either be transparent or display the positions
| of buoys, etc and water depth contours superimposed on what you were
| looking at.

Parallax wrote:

Build a small computer display into the lenses of glasses. Wherever
you looked, they could either be transparent or display the positions
of buoys, etc and water depth contours superimposed on what you were
looking at.


Go to google.com, in the advanced search. Enter "video glasses",
without quotes, as your search criteria. Thousands of old pages.
Trouble is resolution seems to be, at best, VGA.

Why not add virtual water and save the cost of the silly boat


On 10/8/04 11:56 PM, in article ,
"Cardinal Bill" wrote:

Parallax wrote:

Build a small computer display into the lenses of glasses. Wherever
you looked, they could either be transparent or display the positions
of buoys, etc and water depth contours superimposed on what you were
looking at.


Go to google.com, in the advanced search. Enter "video glasses",
without quotes, as your search criteria. Thousands of old pages.
Trouble is resolution seems to be, at best, VGA.


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Sheldon Haynie
Texas Instruments
50 Phillipe Cote
Manchester, NH 03101
603 222 8652

I-Glasses makes a 3D head set with good resolution but it is rather clunky
looking. Probably not a good way to keep up with what is going on in the
real world.

"Parallax" wrote in message
om...
Looking at a chartplotter and a 3d mapping program gave me some ideas.

Build a small computer display into the lenses of glasses. Wherever
you looked, they could either be transparent or display the positions
of buoys, etc and water depth contours superimposed on what you were
looking at.

Called Virtural Reality.

--


Keith
__
I childproofed my house, but they still get in.
"Parallax" wrote in message
om...
Looking at a chartplotter and a 3d mapping program gave me some ideas.

Build a small computer display into the lenses of glasses. Wherever
you looked, they could either be transparent or display the positions
of buoys, etc and water depth contours superimposed on what you were
looking at.

"Keith" wrote in message ...
Called Virtural Reality.

--


Keith
__
I childproofed my house, but they still get in.
"Parallax" wrote in message
om...
Looking at a chartplotter and a 3d mapping program gave me some ideas.

Build a small computer display into the lenses of glasses. Wherever
you looked, they could either be transparent or display the positions
of buoys, etc and water depth contours superimposed on what you were
looking at.


I really dont like such gadgets but some ppl do. I still use paper
charts, hand bearing compass and dividers. Best use I found for my
garmin GPS has been to replace my speedometer on my old truck cuz I
keep forgetting to put it on my boat.