[simpits-tech] Wide display idea and FPGAs

[KD]

Here is an interesting idea for a wide display that I saw at IITSEC last 
November. I've been meaning to tell you guys, but this last week I have 
had a chance to think about it again.

What it is, is 3 flat displays, 2 in the usual locations on each side, 
but the third is above the 2 facing down with a mirror to reflect the 
image between the 2 side displays. The one I saw was made up of 42" or 
50" plasma screens, so it was not only huge, but expensive. . The image 
was W I D E, I tell ya, and seamless. I think the mirror was curved, but 
you got a continuous image from about 2 FEET either side of center, 
making the sweet spot 4 or 5 feet wide. It would be great, if you have 
the means, for a side by side aircraft.  I've been thinking of trying it 
with small LCDs just to see if it would work. I think I have seen 
somewhere front surface mirrored lexan or plexi that could be bent to 
the curve. I don't know how to figure the curve, but if you can do it, 
it might be a neat Shopbot project to make the parts to hold the mirror.

See Gene, you buy the equipment and I'll figure out wacky ways to use it. :)

Also, have any of you guys messed around with FPGAs? I ran across them 
today, and they look like a neat thing. THere seemed to be tons of ways 
to use them in sims that flounced through my brain while I was looking 
at the projects on the page that I found. Here is where I found the info 
I was looking at. www.fpga4fun.com

K