> Personally I'll be thrilled if I can read email on a decent sized 'screen' while sitting what passes for 'nominal seating space' in a modern jet aircraft.
It's an HMD with a 1080p display and a large exit pupil. I'm planning on hacking up a linux distro to run on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and using that with a bluetooth keyboard for long flights. Sure, nowhere near as powerful as my Macbook Air, but for a big guy like me that flies a lot, just having a keyboard on my tray table will make my life significantly nicer. We'll see how it actually works out when they ship next month.
I sooo hope these guys survive. Its always a 'more hope than foundation' situation when your CEO's bio has this in it
"Currently, he is also an entrepreneur-in-residence with a venture capital firm in Boston, working on healthcare IT startups."
Not that health care isn't important, but it seems adjacent to the ST1080's market. To date all of the head mounted display companies have over promised and under delivered sadly.
That's why I'm personally super excited about the ST1080: http://www.siliconmicrodisplay.com/st1080.html
It's an HMD with a 1080p display and a large exit pupil. I'm planning on hacking up a linux distro to run on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and using that with a bluetooth keyboard for long flights. Sure, nowhere near as powerful as my Macbook Air, but for a big guy like me that flies a lot, just having a keyboard on my tray table will make my life significantly nicer. We'll see how it actually works out when they ship next month.