Apple patents laser based head mounted display
The biggest problem watching movies on your iPhone? Of course, it’s the display size.
The quality of video processing quality on the iPhone is pretty good already, and, thank’s to the Moore’s law, will get much better in time, including the capabilities to view full HD movies in time. Storage? Give a few years and you’ll be carrying hundreds of gigabytes of media files in your iPhone 3.0. Sound quality? The headphone’s are getting better and better each day, and Dolby labs do not sit idle with advanced audio processing techniques.
But that small 3.2″ touchscreen display? Well, it might be good for watching a movie while on the road. But that’s certainly no HD experience. And there’s no good way around this problem, especially where the portability of the device is concerned. Or is there?
Well, if this Apple’s patent application ever becomes a real product, there actually may be: A laser based head mounted display for your iPod and iPhone.
The idea of head mounted displays is actually nothing new. There are already quite a few of them on the market. But they are all pretty bulky/clumsy devices, wearing which is certainly not a seamless experience.
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