ABSTRACT

Displays of this kind may at some point replace most of today’s user interface hardware, screens, keypads (eye steering can turn them into ideal input devices as well), entire installations, and they will do a lot more. Virtual objects and virtual devices, essentially images that are dynamically generated by powerful but tiny displays sitting right near the eye, could be seamlessly integrated into the real environment, registering with real objects and creating entirely new applications and usage habits. Desktops mapped to a computer screen could be replaced by operating system surfaces mapped to the real world, linking real objects with information, readily available anywhere and anytime.