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> VR headsets The actual headset itself is just the vehicle. Its general use of a virtual reality thats got me excited. Right now we use all sorts of things t
by castis 5y ago
> VR headsets
The actual headset itself is just the vehicle. Its general use of a virtual reality thats got me excited.
Right now we use all sorts of things to beam information into our faces. Mostly pixels from a screen (monitors, phones, VR headsets). I sincerely think the hardware thats going to knock it out of the park is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display
Imagine if you didnt actually have monitors, you just had a 3d space being projected into your eyes and everywhere you looked could be a space you could put something that would have otherwise been on a monitor.
You could have windows moving around in an Augmented-Reality style, and running a video game in "fullscreen" becomes a full VR.
- dt2m 5y ago> Imagine if you didnt actually have monitors, you just had a 3d space being projected into your eyes and everywhere you looked could be a space you could put something that would have otherwise been on a monitor. Great point. I'll buy this, as well as mixed-reality being the future, instead of all-encompassing VR. But there's quite a way to go from here, and some very interesting challenges when you face the problem of communal viewing (co-worker taking a glance at your monitor, watching tv, etc.). I'm very curious to see what thought (if any) Apple has given this, if they're not just rolling out another pair of goggles with a LCD display inside. The slow but steady success of the Apple Watch proves that they don't have to knock it out of the park on the first attempt anymore. It's going to be interesting to watch play out.