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From: gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: X-Specs and Sega Glasses
Keywords: Glasses, 3-d
Message-ID: <4668@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 8 Jan 90 17:11:15 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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I heard a rumor that the new version of Turbo Silver will support not only
ray-traced animations for the X-Specs glasses, but also the Sega video game
systems 3d glasses. Does anyone know if they are essentially the same?

I looked at a pair of the Sega glasses. They use a simple LCD to block one
lense at a time. The input to the glasses is a stereo headphone-type jack-
which leads me to think that they are controlled by software to blink. (One
power line for each of the LCD's and a ground.) To me, this says that they
could possibly be hooked up to the parallel port.  

Note #2: Sega 3-d glasses are being carried by a local KayBee Toy & Hobby
for $40. I'm pretty sure that this is cheaper than the X-Specs, so the idea
is probably worth looking into.

My questions are:
	1) How do the X-Specs hook to the Amiga?
	2) Does anyone know how the Sega glasses hook up?

-- 
BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
"I know my familiar is a vampire duck, just don't mess with it."
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