This technology has taken SOOO long to get going. Around 5 or 6 years ago researchers at a university in Washington state came up with a laser display that projects onto the retina.
Hopefully some company will pick up this technology and make it more commercial. According to the original research they said it was really easy to change the intensity of the images enabling overlays on real objects.
Besides having a nice heads up display; with a close area positioning system and coordinate tracking these can turn any surface into a virtual display or allow virtual "skinning" of any environment.
I guess if done right, it wouldn't be any more harmful than any other light... I'd like to be sure they don't have the popular 'control issues' on the power supply first, though.
I don't know if I would need such a thing. I'll continue to hope for higher resolution screens in the mean time.
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Visionep @ Apr 11th 2008 12:36PM
This technology has taken SOOO long to get going. Around 5 or 6 years ago researchers at a university in Washington state came up with a laser display that projects onto the retina.
Hopefully some company will pick up this technology and make it more commercial. According to the original research they said it was really easy to change the intensity of the images enabling overlays on real objects.
Besides having a nice heads up display; with a close area positioning system and coordinate tracking these can turn any surface into a virtual display or allow virtual "skinning" of any environment.
a @ Apr 11th 2008 1:17PM
Sweet! Lasers! Pointed into my EYE! Sign me up!
I guess if done right, it wouldn't be any more harmful than any other light... I'd like to be sure they don't have the popular 'control issues' on the power supply first, though.
I don't know if I would need such a thing. I'll continue to hope for higher resolution screens in the mean time.
Aeo @ Apr 11th 2008 1:37PM
Yessss.... the eyesss... they "will blend"