New head-mounted laser display patent surfaces

A new Apple patent showing a head-mounted laser display surfaced today. The patent, which looks like a rather odd pair of sun glasses, would allow you to view video (or your Mac's screen) in a manner similar to the MyVu products. This patent also includes a geeky looking device that attaches to the belt, probably for image/video processing, and battery.

Just as you see white ear buds on many iPod owners, you may soon see Mac users with frickin' lasers mounted on their heads. This would bring a whole new meaning to the word "Machead."

You can read the patent application on the US Patent & Trademark Offices' website.

[via Engadget]

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katie

cool

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April 18 2008 at 5:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Shunnabunich

Haha, I just finish watching Austin Powers on my PowerBook and I open up TUAW to see a post about frickin' laser beams on people's heads. :D

April 17 2008 at 8:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob Rix

Neal Stephenson fans will immediately recognize the immense potential for would-be gargoyles everywhere. Sign me up: if I haven't ruined my vision after 14 years of coding, (and fully an hour with a Virtual Boy) it's gonna take this!

April 17 2008 at 7:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Castle

Every time I see a new "goggles" type device rumoured or previewed I get my hopes up, ready to go all Hiro. Sadly it's only ever a pale imitation of what it should be. If anyone can pull off the software side, it'll surely be Apple, though. The iPhone/iPod touch has shown that they're still years ahead of everyone else when it comes to interface design and ultra-mobile computing. All we need is someone to work out how to make the hardware!

April 17 2008 at 7:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob Rix

I have my redneck katana ready just waiting for the day... (:

April 17 2008 at 7:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Shorty

Hope they come up with interesting stories to view on this thing.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0114558/trivia

April 17 2008 at 6:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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steve

Seeing as this story is about patents, I have to point out this "prior art" wrt. Strange Days.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0085271/

April 17 2008 at 7:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom Waterhouse

If this thing is even remotely close to seeing reality, the Apple design team are going to have a tough time making that one look good :)

April 17 2008 at 5:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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David

Maybe an Apple-Oakley partnership? :-)

April 17 2008 at 5:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Marcos

Does anybody else see this going nowhere? I mean, seriously.

April 17 2008 at 5:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sietepestes

Sweet. I always wanted one of these. Nothing better than wearing them on a monday morning so you can zap kill everyone that looks bad at you.

"Hey I like that Macbook Air..." -zzzzaAAAP!, "Hey! Your wife looks fine" -zzzzaaaaAAAP! "Hey Steve can I drive your Mercedes?" -zzzzaaaaaAAAAAAP!. Then you can download from itunes different laser patterns or you could suck people into your ipod touch... kind of like Tron but better. Then we could trade people on itunes... I tell ya, this could be sweet.

April 17 2008 at 5:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Sabi

yeah not so sure about that....

April 17 2008 at 5:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply