Apple’s Head-Mounted Display

If you really want to be able to enter the universe of a movie, and enjoy it to its fullest, you need more than just a portable media player, or a computer monitor. After all, there's always something to draw your attention from the movie, and ruin everything, but if you have a head-mounted display...things are a bit different. Since Apple is well known for trying to provide best experiences to its users, there's no wonder they filed their first head-mounted laser display patent, I only ask myself why did they wait so long to do it...


Unfortunately, the new Apple patent doesn't give any hints about the final destination of the devices using this technology, so we must think - what is Apple going to do with a head-mounted laser display? After all, this technology didn't make it to the mainstream yet, but considering the past, and how many times Apple managed to change the direction of an entire industry, I wouldn't be surprised to see their head-mounted displays becoming as ubiquitous as the iPod.

Wait, did I say "iPod"? Yes, probably that's the way of the future - moving from the iPod Touch as it is, to an iPod with head-mounted display! Or... could it be something else?

This is what the abstract says - "A head mounted display system is disclosed. The head mounted display system includes a remote laser light engine that generates laser light associated with a display signal. The head mounted display system additionally includes a head mounted display apparatus that is separated from the laser light engine and comprising a display unit that displays laser images. The head mounted display system further includes an imaging device coupled between the remote laser light engine and the head mounted display apparatus. The imaging device creates laser images from the laser light transmitted through an optical cable in accordance with the display signal. The laser images are delivered to the display unit in order to create display images that can be viewed by a user of the head mounted display apparatus."

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