On 7/1/05, Peter <plp@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Don Taylor wrote:
> > Avoid the brightness drawback, turn the pointers around, paint directly on
> > the retina.
> >
> > You did ask for twisted.
> You could sell these as a kit. Alas the box would have to be large
> enough to hold the supplied white cane and opaque blind man's
> 'sunglasses' needed for completion.

They make fold up canes, so the box wouldn't have to be that big.

But on a serious note, I do recall reading that this was/is the
display of the future.  A small laser (power limited, obviously) along
with a small, possibly MEMS, mirror structure would individually
activate the rods and cones of the eye to provide you with 36"(?)
heads-up display.  Resolution would be an interesting selling point in
this case, as well.  Eye movements would have to be tracked so that
the display didn't jump around, but otherwise it seems feasible.  I
don't know where or if this technology has really gone anywhere.  I'm
sure there are, at least, government programs working on it.  I would
expect Sony to be working on it as well.

>From there they can finally make a highly addictive disc-into-funnel
head mounted video game.  (Too obscure a reference for the variety on
this PIC List?)

Bradley

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