30, 20, and 10 Years Ago

Rebecca Robinson

1989 [NASA/KSC]

“The [eyewear] … would have two color, solid-state T.V. screens mounted on the eyepieces. Infrared eye trackers detect the direction the wearer is looking in and aim dual imaging lenses … in the same direction. Information from the lenses is carried through optical fiber to a belt-pack where solid-state video cameras pick up the information and the images are processed and transferred to the … screens.”

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