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Concept for a UI display
For some reason I got to thinking about this, not sure why... Since the OR HMD is a closed space environment, there seems to be a "need" to see the real-world once in awhile, w/o taking off the rif...
"mondo50m" wrote:
I am not a programmer, so I must ask you a question....would this work to give the user the ability to use his keyboard when needed, like in FSX? Someway to see the keyboard only when needed.
Milt
Maybe / not really. You would need to have the webcam mounted onto the HMD in order for it to be a set of eyes. Even then, I'm sure the latency would be crap-tastic. Most webcams are ~30 FPS at most. This would just be a means to (quickly) see the RL w/o taking off the headset.
If you think about driving.. with the HMD being the windows (windshield, driver and passenger windows).. this would be like having the rear-view mirror.