World's Smallest VGA Display is Literally the Size of a Thumbnail

Pfffft. I miss just looking through a view finder. I guess it's just nostalgia.

So how long before they stick this on a bluetooth contact lens?

I want to know when we can get devices with this level of resolution.

maybe we could wildly put these in clothing.

lol, free graphics disply of your choosing.

Interfaced with the now experimental free-air electrical source and a micro digital camera multiply this by hundreds or thousands woven into fabric and a passive camouflage can aid a soldier in urban warfare in avoidance and detection.

At the same time; what technologies currently in research can this be tied to in the replacement of a human eye? May it be possible for born-blind people to see with this technology?

These might make "usable" virtual reality goggles a reality.
By usable I mean not weighing 5 pounds with blurry or horribly pixelated graphics.

Then we just need some 'cyber gloves' that sense the 3D position of our hands, and each finger, and then we can sit at a completely empty desk, tapping our fingers on the flat surface where we see a virtual keyboard. Icons will float above the desktop, and be manipulated by hand. Internet content will be able to take on an amazing new life of its own.

Of course lets not forget about games. Imagine Wii games with VR goggles for each player. (of course the Wii possibly couldn't handle 2 camrea angles for multiple players. One camera angle for each eye.) I could see Microsoft selling these as a "great addition to the Halo experience."

Curtis,

How could this possibly aid in helping blind people see?
The technology already exists to do that where a camera is wired to the back of the eye and all resolution issues from this stem from interfacing with the human brain. NO DISPLAY IS USED! think about it.

But why? Kopin, the company that created the prototype, has the ultimate goal of creating a display with a resulotion of 2048 x 2048 (4.2 million dots) that's smaller than a postage stamp--that's more resolution than a typical high-def widescreen monitor or television. They're hoping to use these ultra-high res, tiny displays to make sharp, high-end electronic viewfinders in HD video and still cameras, similar to the one already used in Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds G1 (which uses 1.4 million dots).

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You have to wonder , how do people think of these things? Our world is an amazing place. But ponder on this, are things getting smaller, are our pockets to small, is our eyesight better, or do we have to have the best of the best being the smallest.