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From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle)
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Subject: Re: Murph's VAPORWARE Column for October 1990
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Date: 10 Oct 90 09:16:30 GMT
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newbery@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) writes:

>Re the 3-D display, a company called GENISCO supposedly had one of these
>in 1982. Theirs worked by bouncing the projected image off a vibrating
>mirror. Not quite walk around but certainly viewable without 3-D glasses.

It was a bit dim (shown in a darkened room in their booth) and one color
(red).  But was certainly quite viewable.  They hadn't quite licked the
flicker problem, yet.


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