#mega visor display

“The Mega Visor Display (メガバイザーディスプレイ), commonly abbreviated to MVD, is a virtual reality-based head-mounted display developed by Sega AM4, and Virtuality.

The Mega Visor Display (メガバイザーディスプレイ), commonly abbreviated to MVD, is a virtual reality head-mounted display developed by Sega AM3 and Virtuality. Used in the VR-1 indoor theme park attraction and Sega Net Merc arcade system for Dennou Senki Net Merc, it has been retrospectively recognized as one of the most advanced headsets of the 1990s, and continues to stand as Sega’s most successful foray into virtual reality.[1] The Mega Visor Display was primarily designed for use in Sega's high-end simulation equipment deployed in entertainment centers, amusement arcades, and indoor theme parks, such as the Joypolis venues, providing much of the basis for the futuristic themes used in them.

(pics of MVD games Planet Adventure and Space Mission)  After its original releases in 1994 and 1995, the headset directly inspired a number of subsequent examples, and was adopted for use as a design motif in the Virtuaroid characters of the Virtual-On series.[7] Its first game, Cyber Troopers Virtual-On, is rumored to have utilized them in early stages of development.[11] Mega Visor Displays remained in Sega's R&D offices into at least the start of 1996; Steven Spielberg was notably pictured wearing one during his January 1996 visit for GameWorks negotiations.[12] Claims have been made on a number of occasions that Sega (and in one instance, Virtuality) attempted to get virtual reality headsets going for both the Saturn and an early version of the Dreamcast;[13] it is not known how/if the MVD would've fit into these, however US patents US5844530[14] and USD370909[15] filed in 1995 appear to show that the MVD was used as the basis for two infra-red head-mounted display designs illustrated in diagrams for both theme park attractions and the Sega Saturn.

Sega’s ‘Mega Visor Display’ used for early VR gaming at Joypolis attractions. Such cool design!