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Kopin, the largest US manufacturer of microdisplays for mobile consumer and military electronics, has unveiled the CyberMan GVD510-3D stereoscopic head-mounted display (HMD).

The GVD510-3D enables gamers and movie buffs to experience immersive stereo 3D at an affordable price. The PC-compatible headset can be used with over a thousand games and is now available to consumers worldwide for $699 (£399).

The CyberMan GVD510-3D is built on the ‘Page Flipped 3D Stereo VGA’ signal format which was developed for the LCD shutter glass system. The headset uses a signal format that is available on nVidia-based graphics cards.

In addition, the product has a automatic scaling function that makes it compatible with various VGA display output formats and it can also accept composite video and S-Video, which can be driven by the Microsoft’s Xbox, including the new Xbox 360, and Sony’s PlayStation 2 videogames console.

The coolest feature of the GVD510 Cyberman HMD is that an image should look exactly like a 40-inch screen from 6-feet away. By utilising two high-resolution (920K pixels) LCD displays, the head mounted display promises a clear and detailed images, which should help to make the viewing experience realistic.

The GVD510 Cyberman HMD is available in two different versions, AV and VGA, which are specifically configured to perform optimally in each application. If you need to use the head mounted display with an AV player, choose the AV version. If you want to use it with a computer choose the VGA version. Each head-mounted display possess the same design.

An optional high-capacity Lithium battery and charger are also provided, and the battery should last around 5 hours - plenty of time to get through a whole Lord Of The Rings movie!

Technical specifications of the headset include a resolution of 640x480 pixels, 28-degree viewing angles, NTSC and PAL composite video inputs, 2-channel stereo sound (shame there’s no surround sound), and adjustment functions (variable volume, picture contrast and brightness). More details can be found here.

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