Ok, one big problem in my life is the following.
One of the things I'm working to resolve and build is the following.
Problem: beaming virtual reality into my consciousness.
At present, it's working ok with the current platforms at my disposal. Which are the same as almost everyone else. (Bluntly speaking, the LCD display is to what I'm referring) I'm implying the role of the evolution of technology to achieve our current champion).
But it is changing and it is changing quickly. It will plateau at this standard before it fully extends into a nanotechnology manifestation of our wild imaginations (though I am fully certain of that inevitability). This standard will be the minituraization of displays using lasers and continually shrinking, transistor-based displays (LCD >LCOS >OLED).
Consider for a moment the pico-projector. An invention that is the direct offspring of Moore's law of shrinking transistors and established digital light projection miniaturized mechanics. This is a sign that things are picking up. Although I immediately believe that projected displays creating a 15"-40" 2D image will lose popularity fairly quickly because of their lack of ease-of-use and tedious requirements (dark space, mostly blank wall, etc) I also believe that this will be a result of the current pico projector quickly transforming into two things: 3D projector with no spatial requirements such as a full 3D figure or a representation of a 2D screen in front of you (using nanotechnology and 'shape-shifting' particles to create a screen - something I have discussed in other notes - or, something that is an immediate variant of RealD's successful polarization technique). The other thing it will evolve more quickly into will be a new generation of HMD's.
Which brings me back to the topic of this wearable computer discussion, the method of absorption.
Likely this is where the wearable screen will come from. Frames with projectors in them. With or without glass.
The little white earbuds of tomorrow that block out the sun. (poetic expression fail)
But for today it would seem that the best technology is coming from lcos projections on semireflective glass. The new Vuzix product seems to be the first mainstream resale of a product like this. Though there are several other promising start ups.
These doors are just starting to open. Cell phones are gonna take on a much more permanent fixture on your face. And everyone will be plugged in.
This is where it will stay for a while. Before the singularity approaches these will likely be the communication tools of the futures.
I have to say that this is most certainly a problem I am working on. I would like to repurpose a pair of Vuzix glasses into a more retromorphed goggles. Passive augmentation at this scale, but access to Wikipedia/Google and a way to mount a video recording assembly.
Information availability and record keeping would be the goals I'd hope I can achieve my this time next year.
Using material understanding, seam stressing and basic understanding of current electronics I feel that one could achieve such a task.
These devices are on their way in, but a decision to do something like this would show leadership.
Friday, May 15
Let's see how focused this is at the end...
Posted by John at 5/15/2009 06:25:00 PM
Labels: cybergoggles, future
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