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1. MicroOptical announces "Last Time Buy" for SV-6 and CV-3
2. New Products and Releases
a. Rockwell Optronics announces relaunch of SR80 HMD
b. ASL offers Laptop with Mobile Eye
c. Daeyang offers low cost dual channel HMD Kit
d. Handshake ProSense v.2.2 available
e. NVIS nVisor ST now shipping
f. Immersive Display Systems replaces Elumens Corp.
3. Shows

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1. MicroOptical announces "Last Time Buy" for SV-6 and CV-3
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MicroOptical has initiated a change in its business strategy that will allow it to re-focus its assets on products targeted for the consumer market. While MicroOptical believes its products are well suited for use in the medical and industrial markets, they realize that their resources must be totally focused on their new common goal. As such, MicroOptical is offering a Last Time Buy to select partners for all orders received by January 30th, 2007.Last Time Buy (LTB)LTB is a statement by MicroOptical that it is planning to discontinue manufacturing and selling the product(s) in the near future and that last orders be placed for the product(s). This Last Time Buy will affect sales for the following products: SV-6, CV-3 and MD-6.

For further information please see: http://www.est-kl.com/aufbau_general/index_hard_hmd.html?http://www.est-kl.com/hardware/hmd/microoptical/vgaSV6.html

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2. New Products and Releases
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a. Rockwell Optronics (former Kaiser Electro Optics) announces relaunch of SR80 HMD

The SR80 HMD will undergo a major redesign which is scheduled to be finished by the end of Q1 2007. The new HMD SR80A will incorporate the following changes:
* Greater eye relief to accommodate eyeglasses
* Coarser IPD threads
* Bigger adjustment knobs
* Intuitive IPD travel adjustments and position indicators
* New eyepiece for greater optical performance & a larger viewing area
* Significant eyebox improvement - maintains optimum viewing during rapid head movement

For further information please see: http://www.est-kl.com/aufbau_general/index_hard_hmd.html?http://www.est-kl.com/hardware/hmd/kaiser/sr80.html

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b. ASL offers Laptop with Mobile Eye

The Mobile Eye is a truly tetherless eyetracking system for use when total freedom of movement is required and video with overlayed cursor is the desired output. This system is designed to be easily worn by an active subject. The eye tracking optics are extremely lightweight and unobtrusive and the recording device is small enough to be worn on a belt. To accommodate the mobility of the System ASL now offers a Laptop as an optional Add On to the Mobile Eye.

For further information please see: http://www.est-kl.com/aufbau_general/index_hard_eyetracking.html?http://www.est-kl.com/hardware/eyetracking/asl/mobile_eye.html

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c. Daeyang offers low cost dual channel HMD Kit

The i-Visor FX605 Kit Type Display offers 2 independent inputs for stereo and for a price of less than 2.500,- EUR an alternative compared to single channel displays.

For further information please see: http://www.est-kl.com/aufbau_general/index_hard_hmd.html?http://www.est-kl.com/hardware/hmd/daeyang/fx605.html

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d. Handshake ProSense v.2.2 available

The new release of ProSense includes the following features:Handshake proSENSE Standard* Added a new block "HVR UI" that can be found in the "Extra" library. This block allows the user to create a XUL based user interface (UI) that can be used to change parameters in a running executable generated by proSENSE. The use of the UI allows the target executable to be changed without the need of MATLAB/Simulink.* A new option has been added to the proSENSE option in RTW that allows the developer to generate a file that holds information of all blocks in the Simulink diagram which have parameters that can be changeable at target application startup (e.g. the IP address of "Receive" block). A program called hvrConfigTarget can then be used to edit this file so that the application does not need to be rebuilt in order to use the new parameters. This facilitate the target executable to run on different computers without MATLAB/Simulink.

* Furthermore, hvrZipApplication script will zip up the files generated from the changeable parameters option.

* Certified for use with The MathWorks Release 2006b. Since Real-Time Workshop in MATLAB R2006b supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, proSENSE can also be used with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition under MATLAB R2006b.

* The OmniDevice block found under Devices SensAble has been updated to include an output for the Yaw, Pitch and Roll angles of the stylus.

* A new output port to HVR World has been added called CollisionTagID. This 3x1 vector indicates which objects in the virtual world are being touched.

* Warning messages are displayed if you try to open a read-only wrl file within HVR World.

* Added an extra option to HVR World that enables hvrSink to run in full screen mode and under different screen resolutions.

* Flags used to specify how hvrSink runs from the DOS command prompt have been changed to accomodate for full screen mode and rendering in wireframe mode.

* Within HVR World you can now directly associate 3D objects with your device. This also allows you to have one device touch another device when working in dual mode.

* All demos have been moved from toolboxproSENSEproSENSEdemos to work proSENSEdemos to comply with MATLAB 2006 standard.

For further information please see: http://www.est-kl.com/aufbau_general/index_soft.html?http://www.est-kl.com/software/handshakevr/prosense.html

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e. NVIS nVisor ST now shipping

The new nVisor ST is a high-resolution see-through head-mounted display designed for augmented reality applications requiring a wide field-of-view format with superior SXGA image quality. High efficiency optics incorporating reflective-transmissive polarizers increase light-throughput, presenting a high-contrast virtual image while allowing 50% light transmission from the environment.

For further information please see: http://www.est-kl.com/aufbau_general/index_hard_hmd.html?http://www.est-kl.com/hardware/hmd/nvis/nvisorst.html

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f. Immersive Display Systems replaces Elumens Corp.

The VisionStation and VisionDome products are now available through Immersive Display Systems.

For further information please see: http://www.est-kl.com/aufbau_general/index_proj.html?http://www.est-kl.com/projection/immersivedisplay/overview.htm

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3. Shows
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During the next months you can visit us at the following shows:

ITEC 2007
April 24th -26th, Koelnmesse
Cologne, Germany http://www.Itec.co.uk