Wave Issue 9719 8/13/97 Article 5-01

***- Ilixco - Bringing the Ashes of Virtual I/O Back to Life
by John Latta

With the demise of Virtual I/O from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 to the
auction of assets the end was at hand - or so it seemed. In steps Ilixco
a start-up company in Menlo Park, CA who intends to produce, distribute
and sell not only the i-glasses but apply its own technology to enhance
the former Virtual I/O products.

An agreement was made between TCID, the principal investor in Virtual
I/O, and individuals associated with liquid crystal technology to form a
new company: Ilixco. To be relaunched will be two products: VTV a NTSC
and PAL personal video display and ProTec and VGA resolution virtual
reality display. The objective of the company is to reestablish the
product line and do the same in customer and distributor relations. At
the same time the company will continue the technology evolution in two
areas: cost reduction and resolution enhancement. Using technology
proprietary technology Ilixco the company is able to take a 180K pixel
LCD and create a true VGA display which has 4X the pixel quantity.
Initially the company will have three products: VTV at $649, a home VR
version with tracking at $999 and the ProTec at $7995.

www.ilixco.com/