Back from a few days off in Ile de Ré, and to make it easier to get back to work, I made it a gadget tuesday . Today’s gadget is a piece of history : the VFX1 Headgear – the very first consumer Head up Display. released in 1995, I used to dream about this piece for years without being ever able to afford it – a few thousand francs at that time (way over my student budget). Got this one for 60€ on ebay and I really can feel the history in this piece. It comes with a dedicated ISA video card to drive the beast and putting it in your head really is immersive. The fantastic speakers just cut out every outside noise letting you enjoy the awesome view of a 3d world in “Descent” (spaceship doom-like). Memories…. One bad point though, the googles don’t get adjusted easily and kinda hurt around the eyes :/

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