VESUB Hardware QA.docx

VESUB Hardware As of July 24, 2020 Question #1 Specifies name brand items such as the NVIS nVisor ST50 Head-Mounted Display (HMD). SA Photonics has a SA-62/S HMD with better performance than the ST50. The SA-62/S has a wider field of view (62 vs 50 degrees) with better spatial resolution (1920 x 1200 OLED vs a 1280 x 1024 OLED) compared to the ST50. Attached is a datasheet for the SA-62/S HMD.

Is there a possibility that the SA-62/S HMD could be included into the solicitation?

Answer: This is an augmented reality headset (you still see your surroundings with the computer image overlaid in your line of site). The nVIS product is a virtual reality headset (you only see the computer image, not your surroundings).

Question #2 Photonics has a SA-62 HMD (a virtual reality headset) with better performance than the NVIS ST50 HMD. The SA-62 has a wider field of view (62 vs 50 degrees) with better spatial resolution (1920 x 1200 OLED vs a 1280 x 1024 OLED) compared to the ST50. Attached is a datasheet for the SA-62 HMD.

Is there a possibility that the SA-62 HMD could be included into the solicitation?

Answer: No, it is not an acceptable substitute. The SA-62 is an “augmented reality” headset (you see the computer image overlaid in front of your surroundings) where the nVIS headset is a “virtual reality” headset (you only see the image provided by the computer and not your surroundings). The specs are nice but it is not the same thing.

Question #3 The SA-62 and the SA-62/S are two different HMDs. The SA-62 is a “virtual reality” headset (you only see the image provided by the computer and not your surroundings). The SA-62/S is a “augmented reality” headset (you see the computer image overlaid in front of your surroundings).

Answer: The SA-62, it does not include audio (like the nVIS product) or the USB push button (like the nVIS does) that VESUB uses to simulate a “virtual binocular” within the simulation.