Manufacturer | Sony |
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Product family | Glasstron |
Type | Head-mounted display |
Glasstron was a series of portable head-mounted displays released by Sony, initially introduced in 1996 with the model PLM-50. [1] [2] The products featured two LCD screens and two earphones for video and audio respectively. The products are no longer manufactured nor supported by Sony.[ citation needed]
The Glasstron was not the first head-mounted display by Sony, with the Visortron being a previous exhibited unit. [3] [4] The Sony HMZ-T1 can be considered a successor to Glasstron. [2] The head-mounted display developed for Sony during the mid-1990s[ which?] by Virtual i-o is completely unrelated to the Glasstron. [1]
One application of this technology was in the game MechWarrior 2, which permitted users to adopt a visual perspective from inside the cockpit of the craft, using their own eyes as visual and seeing the battlefield through their craft's own cockpit. [5]
Five models were released.[ citation needed] Supported video inputs included PC (15 pin, VGA interface), Composite and S-Video. A brief list of the models follows:
Model number | Year of release | Notes |
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PLM-50 | 1996 [6] | Released June 1996 in Japan. [6] |
PLM-A35 | 1997 [7] | The most basic model with opaque lenses and has SVGA input.[ citation needed] Released June 1997 in USA. [7] |
PLM-A55 | 1997 [7] | This model had a mechanical shutter to allow the display to become see through, without SVGA.[ citation needed] Released June 1997 in USA. [7] |
PLM-100 | 1998[ citation needed] | This model had a mechanical shutter to allow the display to become see through, with SVGA, somewhat unstable.[ citation needed] The PLM-100 has two color LCD displays and requires an NTSC signal. [8] |
PLM-S700 / PLM-S700E | 1998 [9] | The S700 allowed for see through mode using LCD shutters and had support for SVGA input.[ citation needed] Its LCD had over 1.55 million pixels on a component the size of a ten-cent coin at SVGA (800×600) display resolution.[ citation needed] The S700 has NTSC input, whilst the S700E has PAL input. The S700 was released on 10 November 1998 in Japan. [9] |
Manufacturer | Sony |
---|---|
Product family | Glasstron |
Type | Head-mounted display |
Glasstron was a series of portable head-mounted displays released by Sony, initially introduced in 1996 with the model PLM-50. [1] [2] The products featured two LCD screens and two earphones for video and audio respectively. The products are no longer manufactured nor supported by Sony.[ citation needed]
The Glasstron was not the first head-mounted display by Sony, with the Visortron being a previous exhibited unit. [3] [4] The Sony HMZ-T1 can be considered a successor to Glasstron. [2] The head-mounted display developed for Sony during the mid-1990s[ which?] by Virtual i-o is completely unrelated to the Glasstron. [1]
One application of this technology was in the game MechWarrior 2, which permitted users to adopt a visual perspective from inside the cockpit of the craft, using their own eyes as visual and seeing the battlefield through their craft's own cockpit. [5]
Five models were released.[ citation needed] Supported video inputs included PC (15 pin, VGA interface), Composite and S-Video. A brief list of the models follows:
Model number | Year of release | Notes |
---|---|---|
PLM-50 | 1996 [6] | Released June 1996 in Japan. [6] |
PLM-A35 | 1997 [7] | The most basic model with opaque lenses and has SVGA input.[ citation needed] Released June 1997 in USA. [7] |
PLM-A55 | 1997 [7] | This model had a mechanical shutter to allow the display to become see through, without SVGA.[ citation needed] Released June 1997 in USA. [7] |
PLM-100 | 1998[ citation needed] | This model had a mechanical shutter to allow the display to become see through, with SVGA, somewhat unstable.[ citation needed] The PLM-100 has two color LCD displays and requires an NTSC signal. [8] |
PLM-S700 / PLM-S700E | 1998 [9] | The S700 allowed for see through mode using LCD shutters and had support for SVGA input.[ citation needed] Its LCD had over 1.55 million pixels on a component the size of a ten-cent coin at SVGA (800×600) display resolution.[ citation needed] The S700 has NTSC input, whilst the S700E has PAL input. The S700 was released on 10 November 1998 in Japan. [9] |