Samsung Producing 800Ppi Bendable Display

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-working-on-a-4K-800ppi-phone-screen-and-7th-gen-AMOLED-displays_id93305

Due to the fact most headsets use lenses that produce a foveated "fisheye" view they require higher resolutions in the center of the image and an ideal Vr headset would use something closer to an 8k display with about three or four times the resolution of this 4k 800ppi that Samsung is working on. Ideal or not, this display would represent the first big leap forward in higher resolution Vr headsets that would eliminate things like the "screen door" effect in Vr. Being bendable as well means you could use a 5.5 inch cellphone for Vr or wrap a wider display around your eyes more like a pair of wrap-around sunglasses and produce a wide-field of view like the StarVr headset has, but in a much smaller and more lightweight package. Rather than simple fish-eye lenses it would require more complex optical wave guides or diffraction gratings or metamaterials, but some headsets that are not the market yet, like the MS Hololens, already use them.

Combined with technology like that of the Mindmaze which has zero latency, lighter weight headsets that look more like Gordi Le Forge's visor than a diving helmet become possible with the technology sure to mature over time. Right now many of the headsets available are the high tech version of a fancy viewmaster and, in fact, they make their own cheap headset. Making a single type of headset capable of producing almost anything the eye can discern in a lightweight pair of sunglasses and mass producing them dirt cheap complete with built in cameras and flat lenses and whatnot will take at least two decades, but this is a significant first step in that direction.

 

It occurred to me that wrapping around a bendable 800ppi display for desktop and movie watching use should be among the first applications for this technology sure to come down in price in the near future. Already you can watch high resolution movies, drone camera views, and play around on your computer desktop wearing fairly lightweight glasses. Being able to bend the display around your head and use infrared eye tracking means the computer can focus on any part of the horizon you look at when you move your eyes around and save time that would otherwise be wasted crunching the numbers on more details you are not looking directly at. This is the kind of thing Nvidia's next generation Volta graphics cards should excel at when released at the end of the year, while it will be perhaps two years before AMD comes out with their Navi architecture. These are such advanced graphics cards coming out that many are commenting that they practically have a mind of their own and combined with things like Ai being adding to cpu processors means the machine can automatically adapt its style for things like playing games or surfing the web or whatever to the specific user and even respond according to their mood or whatever.

Notably, researchers have already begun talking directly to neurons and bacteria both individually and collectively in their own languages using nanotubes and whatever they've cooked up now. All bacteria share a common pattern matching style of language allowing them to produce "interpreters" and talk to distantly related relatives. We are learning the language of nature on the cellular level even and translating that knowledge into better interfaces and analog systems logic. For their part, the Japanese have been working hard on making machines more fun, cute, and adorable or whatever people prefer and we should see all of these efforts converge in the near future along with probably the next computer revolution that will make the invention of the transistor and microprocessor look quaint.

 

Hd tv, no curves at all, suits me just fine. Actually hd ready (720p) is just as good for movies as full hd (1080p). Further developments in the screen seem more for professional users or gadget horny rich people.

 

A TV made out of these would likely cost upwards of six thousand bucks to perhaps eight. They are primarily used for small displays on cellphones and tablets where the extra cost is less outrageous and using one in a headset a bit larger than a pair of glasses or ski googles can provide a high resolution desktop equivalent to a 40" monitor some two feet in front of you. Its a cheap way to get the same experience as what might otherwise cost you eight thousand bucks or more. You can buy virtual display glasses for anywhere from $25.oo to $800.oo and, like any electronics they come down to about half price every three years. The most advanced headsets on the planet today cost upwards of $100,000.00 with many in between models and Microsoft busy patenting every interface possible. Already infrared eye tracking appears ready to replace many a desktop mouse because the computer can almost intuitively appear to follow your every move as if you are dancing. Hololens and other high profile efforts are attempting to determine what is the best way to fool the mind and eye.