The Oculus Rift has been sitting pretty in the head-mounted display space by itself for a while now, But if this research project from Nvidia is any indication, it'll might have some company in the not-too-distant future.
At first glance, Nvidia's prototype head-mounted display looks more like a pair of sunglasses than a VR headset. Part of the plan is to create a new headset that's much lighter in weight so you can wear it for longer periods of time without discomfort. At the same time, Nvidia's research team has developed a microlens array that helps enlarge individual pixels and even produces stereoscopic 3D.
Nvidia developed its very early prototype by actually hacking apart a head-mounted display (HMD) for Sony's ECX332A OLED microdisplays—which serve as the digital viewfinders in Sony Alpha cameras. Nvidia engineers also placed a microlens display that resolves the entire pixel display into one sharp, high-quality image.
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