The price of technology
Today, a professionally made, all-in-one package will cost you at LEAST
$7000. If you make it yourself, a decent system will cost $3000. Why so
much? Well, the computer industry still hasn't seen the light on this one,
and no one is going for the economics of scale...yet. However, a good
reality check at how cheap these devices may become is Nintendo's VirtuaBoy
which weighs in with two heads-up displays, a 32 bit RISC computer, and the
controller interface for under $200. Don't get too excited about reverse
engineering the VirtuaBoy though. The displays are lower resolution than
what you need for text and the video signal is really more like a serial
interface. For more information, see How
to strip a virtual-boy.
Last modified: Wed Mar 15 17:28:35 1996