Re: MicroOptical SV-6 on ebay

From Wear-Hard Mailing list Archive (WH) Maintained by R. Paul McCarty

Maybe the VRD (Virtual Retinal Display) technology will be the way forward 
for cheap HMDs:

http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/vrd/

  Microvision are throwing a lot of money at the idea.  They say that in 
theory the parts are very cheap to manufacture compared to the specialized 
parts needed for LCD screens.
    Super-bright units curently use lasers but lower spec ones could use RGB 
LEDs as the light source.  RGB LED video screens/lighting fixtures are 
becoming more and more popular in the entertainment industry and with OLED 
tech becoming more widely used who knows how soon VRD could take off!

    Just a thought

         Ben

>From: Brian Chabot <>
>Reply-To: Wearable Hardware Discussion List <>
>To: Wearable Hardware Discussion List <>
>Subject: Re: [Wear-Hard] MicroOptical SV-6 on ebay
>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:49:39 -0400
>
>Whoever invents a way to make HMD's of similar quality but comparable in
>price to desktop displays will be rolling in money.  It happened with
>the LCD monitor... you never know.  I still say HMD prices are one of
>the major sticking points slowing the use of wearables.
>
>
>Brian
>(Just ranting...)

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