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You dont even need to tear apart a watchman. There are small color video LCD systems available as add-on viewfinders for camcorders. I also saw a bunch of lcd televisions when I was in Japan last december. Some had detached displays with receiver in a sperate box (all smaller than a cigarette box!) For 3D, you could spend mega-bucks for the VPL glove/sensors or a few bucks for the NES powerglove and maybe the Logitech 3D mouse. One problem with VR is the lack of tactile feedback when you grab something. A Pasadena company, Simgraphics, sells a 3d Mouse (was originally called Das Fledermouse, or the Bat) that has a tactile option. It is a little point, like the end of a pen, in the button on the mouse. They can raise and lower them to let you know when you 'contact' a virtual object. Jerry Isdale