(2019-12-09) Rosedale Requiem For The HMD

Philip Rosedale: Requiem for the HMD (Head-Up Display). Four hard things need to happen before the HMD can replace mobile and desktop screens.

Wearable All Day

See-through Display

either a see-through/AR display, or (perhaps more likely) a high-resolution, low-latency pass-through camera.

You Can Type at a Normal Speed (touch-typing)

To be able to type at a normal speed, we will need both a high-resolution pass-through camera, as well as accurate finger tracking. This was demonstrated as a prototype at Oculus OC6, but I tried it and it isn’t good enough yet for typing or pretty much anything other than using your index finger with your palms facing away from you and your hands separated. Oh yeah, and as people start to pay attention to VR in social settings, with multiple users in one physical space unlike the solitary experience of today — that hand tracking will need to account for other people’s hands.

Same Quality as a Desktop Screen

When Will Version 2.0 Emerge?