science.
What is rocket science if how this device will be applied. Perhaps
what's more advanced is the challenge of how this device will make
society better, i.e. how it will advance civilisation rather than how it
will simply be a new cool gadget.
The last thing is beyond me but I'll keep thinking about it.
Here's the idea.
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A display unit like spectacles. A laser in each arm of the spectacles.
The lens material would react to laser light and project images; the
material is see through without the laser light but can produce RGB
light when hit by the laser light. A microprism would direct the laser
light onto the right pixel. Two cameras are mounted at precise positions
as part of the sensor package.
Audio could be included. The audio-visual side is what most people would
be interested in. They could watch 3D TV while waking down the street.
There could be a mic for voice commands but a projected tangible user
interface should suffice for most interactions. (sort of like Sixth
Sense) These tangible UIs will need to be well designed towards
simplicity. They'll probably still be windowed and have modes - one for
walking, one of working and one for play - to reduce visual clutter. For
example the walking interface would need to position electronic
information at the periphery of vision and with priority given to
important real world objects so a TV program would pause at a set of
traffic lights..
For any quality I suspect the device would have to have a lead for power
and data but I'm sure the device will become wireless eventually. This
would connect to the Scene Device which provides the computation,
storage and connectivity. It's a bit like the original Walkman in a
sense. Eventually perhaps everything can be minutarised into one headset
device. I suspect the interface and computation may will again once the
bionic contact lens becomes viable but perhaps by then the bionic eye
and body-integrated computers may be possible. The contact lens
obviously doesn't require any surgery but given that people (who can
afford it) can get cosmetic surgery I very much doubt they'll be
squeemish about upgrading other parts of their body. Obviously the
advantage conferred by an integrated human-machine is...well...it's what
we see in science fiction films.
I'm sure there's still some way to go with materials science and
miniturisaton to make this possible. I have no idea how developed
optoelectronics are nor how small sensors can be made. The pixels would
need to be small but produce enough light to outshine sunlight - this is
my key concern for the viability of this sort of see-thru mixed reality
technology. Early AR headsets were massive but what Vuzik are creating
look like they're becoming market ready. What I'm talking about here is
different to the headsets I've seen from them thus far. This design
allows full see-thru vision without power. There would need to be some
finesse, for example making sure the microprism aligns correctly with
the display lenses, but this isn't really rocket science.
The military must have something like this already. This would be an
amazing technology for a foot soldier to have along with an enhanced
sensior package. Using theaudeo technology would allow silent
communication too. The limitation of the small word set would not be a
limitation for the battlefield because there are only a small set of
words needed. They've already funded the development of much of modern
electronics and telephony. In all honesty I hope war and conflict end by
the time the ANW comes into existence and that this tech would never be
used to take a human life but...well...I think it will take humanity
longer to really evolve away from being animals.
I assume America are already working on these sort of devices for the
battlefield as part of the research program which is making battle
suits. I would be surprised if China isn't also developing a competing
technology. They and India may be the next world superpowers if the US
and Europe don't get their act together and sort out this recession.
There are other areas other than consumer and military hardware. Just
like the internet this sort of device could permeate into every area of
daily life. I just hope it does something for humanity's true progress.
I hope this sort of device can do something for human equality and unity.
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