TL;DR A newly-published patent from 2007 describes a personal display system that
- gives the illusion of sitting in a movie theater,
- responds to head, eye, or hand movements,
- describes creating a virtual stadium experience when watching sports.
TL;DR A newly-published patent from 2007 describes a personal display system that
A patent alone doesn’t really mean they’ve been actively working on it for that long. It’s very common for companies to register patents for things they don’t plan to produce (either ever, or until some future point.)
Came to say this. A patent is nothing more then day dreaming on paper
Especially something this broad. The idea in many key aspects had been around for a very long time. Virtual reality headsets for gaming that respond to head movement have been an activity pursued idea since at least the 90s, I remember seeing a TV doc about a prototype device where they were using it to play Mech Warrior. This seems like patenting a hoverboard. It’s a cool idea, a lot of people have had it, it’s in popular consciousness,. it’s even in movies, doesn’t mean you’re actively making one now or know how to.