We have updated the History page with new images and a new story about the beginning of LEEP™. Link.

Below: NASA VIVED Used the LEEP™ Optics (1985)

We have updated the Videowrap™ page with slightly more information about what Videowrap™ can do.

Read about Videowrap™ here.

Thanks to feedback and questions from readers of the website, we have been able to flesh out our replies to most of the questions on our Frequently Asked Questions page. If you have any questions of your own, please contact us.

Read the FAQ here.

We have added a short section about why the human head is an inadequate aiming device for 3D video games.

Read it here.

We have posted a short essay that questions a common belief about experiencing VR through a wide visual field as it relates to dizziness and headaches.

Read it here.

We have redesigned the website's front page with updated graphics and information.

Have a look.

We have added a new paper entitled "A Wide Field of View High Resolution Compact Virtual Reality Display" which Eric Howlett delivered to the SID Symposium at the Boston Convention Center in May 1992.

Read it here.

We have updated the About page with information about LEEP™ optics as the VR standard during the 1980s and 1990s.

We have added a short dinner address entitled "The Reality of Virtual Reality" that Eric Howlett gave in 1991 to the Association for Women in Computing. He makes some solid arguments about the state of VR at the time.

Read it here.

To give you a better idea of what makes Videowrap™ and the CyberfaceX™ so good, we've added a chart that compares the specifications of some of today's leading Head-Mounted Displays.

See it here.

We have added a new FAQ page that answers many of the questions we have been receiving recently.

Read it here.

As a response to some of the feedback we've received from the LeepVR site, Eric Howlett has written a new monograph about the importance of a wide visual field in Virtual Reality. We feel that in order to fully appreciate the benefits of Videowrap™, it's important for people to understand how human vision works.

Read it here.

We have posted the classic paper "Wide Angle Orthostereo" written by Eric Howlett for the SPIE 1990 proceedings. In a time before there was even such a thing as Videowrap™, this paper explained why something like Videowrap™ would one day be important. Much of the LeepVR website content is derived from this paper so don't be surprised if you come across some familiar language.

Read it here.

Thanks to all who preordered shirts. All the preorders have now been shipped. For those who didn't preorder, there are still some left.

Buy one here.

We have updated the LEEP™ System page with information about how Eric Howlett made the first LEEP™ photograph ever.

Read about it here.

We have updated the Cyberspeak page with some additional information including brand new entries for Augmented Reality and Head Tracking.

We have updated the LEEP™ System page with information about NASA's weightless experiments with the LEEP™ Photo System and some sample weightless pictures.

See it here.

Impress your friends by wearing CyberfaceX™ threads. We have had 32 t-shirts printed. Preorder them here.

We have added the page that tells the history of the LEEP™ optics and how we got into VR. Read it here.

We have updated three of the pages in the Videowrap™ section with more detailed descriptions of the ideas discussed. Links below:

• Evolution
• Limitation
• Mind Games

In March of 1989, the LEEP Cyberface™ became the first commercially available VR Head Mounted Display. Read about it here.

We have a couple small updates today:

• Added a link to a Wired Magazine Review of the Cyberface3™.
• Fleshed out the Virtual Orbiter™ page with a more detailed product description.

The LEEP™ Viewer is the other half of the LEEP™ Photo System. The LEEP™ Viewer displays pictures taken with the LEEP™ Camera. Read about it here.

The LEEP™ Camera is the key component to the LEEP™ Photo System. We have added a new page that describes what it does and how it works. See it here.

The LEEP™ Panoramic Stereo Photography System is what started it all way back in 1984. See it here.

User feedback has led us to add to the site a new intro page summarizing the important features of CyberfaceX™. See it here.

We've added a new section all about the original LEEP™ Optics. The pages include:

• A never-before published transcript of the first talk Eric Howlett gave detailing the LEEP™ photo system. Link.
• A short page of technical diagrams that illustrate some of the concepts behind the technology. Link.
• A technical specification for the original LEEP™ Viewer optics. Link.

We've added a couple pictures to the Cyberspeak page.

Learn about the people behind LeepVR at the new About Us page.

LEEP CyberfaceX™ is the first HMD to make full use of LEEP Videowrap™ optical technology.

Features include:

• Full Skull-Limited Field Of View puts the player inside the game world.
• Stereoscopic display adds depth to scenes.
• Binaural audio sounds just like real life.
• High-Speed Head Tracking allows the player to see more in critical situations.
• Instantly compatible with all of today's games!

The Internet is vast and a large chunk of it is devoted to Virtual Reality. If you're interested in learning more about VR, give the new VR Links page a try. It provides some easy access points the VR chunk of the Internet.

As usual, contact us if you have any feedback.

"What does HMD stand for?"
"Where is CyberSpace?"
"What is Reality?"

Find out at our new Cyberspeak page! We've distilled some key concepts and terminology of the VR business into a simple glossary.

We've reorganized the Videowrap™ information to be more digestible. For an overview of the product, please visit the new Videowrap™ Abstract page.

The Virtual Reality Workstation with the Cyberface3™ was LEEP Systems' flagship product during the mid-1990's. Read all about it here!

We've made our website prettier and easier to navigate. The navigation menu is now on the left instead of the top.
Enjoy the new layout and look for more content to be added in the coming days.