I mean one of the latest: lightweight, small form factor (like glasses), but high res, wide field of view, stereoscopic, head tracking, see through capability?
I can guarantee you that there are some pretty mind blowing things you can do with such a HMD... Things as unimaginable as common people back in the 1970s would have thought mice and GUIs were.
When you have a display that is that lightweight and portable, and you're wearing it (AND it can do incredible things that no monitor can), it's just natural that you'd want the computer to be wearable along with it.
You'll see. Someday when it bites you in the arse.
Slashdot needs to run stories like this... at least they can look past Charmed's fluff.
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The same old "Internet appliance" hype.
Everyone already knows this, but... Palm is a success because, as people say, while it does fewer things, it does them very well. That is, it's not needlessly complicated by other "capabilities," which undermine its dependability.
All the "visionaries" are trying to sell us on the idea that Internet appliances will do the same.
In some cases, I agree... but in others, an Internet connection in itself will needlessly complicate the appliance.
The last time I checked, my refrigerator does what it does very well, without needing a net connection (obviously to call the repair man when it's low on freon, which'll cost me $169.00 --> a decision I'd rather make myself)!
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Have you ever tried a head-mounted display?
I mean one of the latest: lightweight, small form factor (like glasses), but high res, wide field of view, stereoscopic, head tracking, see through capability?
I can guarantee you that there are some pretty mind blowing things you can do with such a HMD... Things as unimaginable as common people back in the 1970s would have thought mice and GUIs were.
When you have a display that is that lightweight and portable, and you're wearing it (AND it can do incredible things that no monitor can), it's just natural that you'd want the computer to be wearable along with it.
You'll see. Someday when it bites you in the arse.
Slashdot needs to run stories like this... at least they can look past Charmed's fluff.
The same old "Internet appliance" hype. Everyone already knows this, but... Palm is a success because, as people say, while it does fewer things, it does them very well. That is, it's not needlessly complicated by other "capabilities," which undermine its dependability. All the "visionaries" are trying to sell us on the idea that Internet appliances will do the same. In some cases, I agree... but in others, an Internet connection in itself will needlessly complicate the appliance. The last time I checked, my refrigerator does what it does very well, without needing a net connection (obviously to call the repair man when it's low on freon, which'll cost me $169.00 --> a decision I'd rather make myself)!