[simpits-tech] Collimated display...DONE!

[Matt Forf]

I thought the patents expired on this stuff a long time ago

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On Nov 23, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Rick Davis wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Collimated display...DONE!
>> 
>> 
>>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Matt Ford wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Gene are guys guys going to do a 180 degree version?  BTW sent the links
>>>> to my friends at RSI visual systems. I think they will be amazed!
>>> 
>>> Yes.  We're going to start working on that this coming weekend.  It'll be
>>> an 8 foot diameter mirror.  That's the largest we can make given that you
>>> can't buy mylar in rolls wider than 56".
>>> 
>>> g.
>>> 
>> 
>> And are we going to make up a set of plans/shop bot components for this one
>> Gene?
>> 
> Probably not.  We still need to sit down and figure exactly what 
> patented methods will end up in the final project.  Unlike Copyright, 
> there's no fair-use provision with patents.  At this point all we can 
> really do is show off the end-result, but not produce plans that would 
> allow anyone to do it.
> 
>> I have these three lovely Proxima X350 DLP Projectors here gathering a lot
>> of dust. I doubt there's 20 hours on any of them, and each has a remote and
>> a ceiling mount assy. They would be perfect for a set up like that me
>> thinks.
> 
> What resolution are they?  Do you know if they can be mounted vertically 
> (beam pointed straight up) without burning them out?
> 
> g.
> 
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