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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 20 March 2012

 

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Console and mobile versions sketched out, augmented reality a possibility

Microsoft has registered a number of patent applications which appear to relate to head-mounted virtual displays for gamers, with a helmet-style unit envisioned for consoles and a lighter, glasses mounted device thought to be intended for mobile use.

The filings were discovered by PatentBolt, and seem to outline a solution to the problems of space and weight which engineering a close-range virtual display give rise to.

One of the patents deals with this through the concept of a projection device, using RGB lasers to produce a two-dimensional image for the user.

According to PatentBolt, the specifications of the devices as submitted by Microsoft would mean that: "each projector may project a 16:9 aspect ratio image that will appear to the wearer as if it were 21 inches in diagonal and viewed at arm's length."

Also included in the document is the suggestion that the surfaces hosting the displays may be translucent or even transparent, allowing images to be overlaid on the reality outside, allowing augmented reality techniques to be used for gaming or informational output.

The documents were originally filed in October last year, but have only just been made publicly available.



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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 20 March 2012

If happening, I wonder what kind of things this would be able to pull off when collaborating with Kinect?


kowenicki on 20 March 2012
No interest in virtual headsets of this kind... I guess Kinect can augment it but I am very skeptical.



 

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dr3b on 20 March 2012
Interesting stuff. Hope it isn't just a form of patent protection though, as seen in the mobile phone industry.

wfz on 20 March 2012
I was so much more interested in this thread when I mis-read the title as "virtual headshots."

I am disappointed.

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 20 March 2012
wfz said:
I was so much more interested in this thread when I mis-read the title as "virtual headshots."

I am disappointed.


Indeed. The entire Playstation brand would be doomed without all the virtual headshots



blkfish92 on 20 March 2012
Well I suppose we'll see it soon enough.

           

superchunk on 20 March 2012
I think this is more for a reaction to Google doing the same a while back and purportedly putting out glasses soon than it is directly for gaming.

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