For those who havent seen a fresnel setup first hand not only can it give you a MASSIVE screen but also the extra depth perception doesnt have a stereo effect but makes your eyes focus much further past the screen and thus this actually really look far off in the distance. This has to be seen to be believed but its very cool. The added bonus is it will work with all your games and have no driver issues
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My old setup was with your typical 180x260 page magnifier on a 17inch crt with a cut out cardboard box for a body much like this -
http://www.tacticalneuronics.com/content/Fresnel.asp
It worked great but you had to put your nose against the lens to see 'inside' the virtual world so the immersion was awesome and fov maybe 140 degrees but very uncomfortable and a strain on the eyes.
On the whole suitable lenses are hard to find so im listing some sources here and please add any other sources you can find.
A popular easy setup these days is the f550 lens on a 19inch lcd from http://www.3dlens.com/shop/largefresnellens.php
This is slightly larger than a 19inch monitor and apparently is very clear and not distorted with a long focal length so you can sit it back further from the screen and have a comfortable setup.
This lens is also probably the best choice for the cool 3x19 TripleHead2Go setup. This is a cheap option to buy 3 19inch ebay lcd's and the matrox unit and some lenses mainly to hide the lcd frames-
http://home.comcast.net/~seekeating/r/th2go/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX4lGIuUvAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yULvHspx8g
For those with a 24inch widescreen there is this one from frex but a bit pricey and unknown quality.
http://www.frex.com/gpshop/catalog/prod ... ucts_id=58
I also emailed this guy who sells large lenses said he will cut and frame lens to size on request for monitor purposes, not sure how good the quality is.
http://stores.ebay.com.au/greenpowerscience
Here are some tv screen magnifiers i found. I might get one of these simply because it is big and has an adjustable frame and will be future proof for bigger monitors. Unfortunalty is has a nasty blue tint that i have no idea why its there (anyone who has tried one can you comment please?)
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... :IT&ih=003
So please discuss your setups and share any info or questions here.