Brother Industries prototypes a wearable display that fits like a pair of eyeglasses and bounces light into the retina to create the sensation of viewing a floating image.
The company sees this display being used in various applications (for example, in a factory to view a manual while working on machinery). Brother hopes to have a commercial version ready in fiscal 2010.
The display device consists of a light-generating unit and a plastic panel that are fitted next to the left eye on an eyeglass frame. There is no lens, and instead the light beam is simply reflected off the panel into the retina.