Improved Head-Mounted Displays for Immersive Virtual Reality

"The close-quarters battle (CQB) simulation application is a demanding one but it is exciting to realize that the technology pieces are all now available to actually realize a wide FOV HMD for this kind of application. Putting them together and meetingthe ergonomic constraints will be to realize many peoples' expectations for HMDs at last. Finally, there are commercially available microdisplays in decent resolutions for head mounted display (HMD) applications. We have also been watching for wide fieldof view optics developments and are pleased that we have invented a potentially commercially viable solution called WideVision. Fakespace is looking forward to working with our Research Partner, the University of Southern California. Professor ScottFisher has extensive experience in the creation of interactive virtual environments. Kirk Moffitt will serve as a consultant to the project and has extensive experience with the ergonomic, optical, and display design issues for HMDs in both military andcivilian applications. An HMD design which is both wide field of view and provides clear images for close-quarters battle. Such an HMD is also well suited to commercial applications such as interactive entertainment, games, and design. There is an opportunity at the presenttime because the component technologies to pull this together are now availbel commercially and at reasonable cost."