Microsoft has a patent for a gaming helmet and glasses
Reports have surfaced indicating that Microsoft holds a patent for both a gaming helmet and gaming glasses.
Microsoft owns the patent for a sort of gaming chapeau.
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Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Microsoft has a patent for a gaming helmet and glasses.
Reports have surfaced indicating that Microsoft holds a patent for both a gaming helmet and gaming glasses.-
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Yeah, that and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(gaming) seem to be prior art, unless they are patenting a specific implementation of optics instead of the general concept of a gaming helmet.
Images of it: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Virtuality&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1680&bih=916&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=WENpT8KjIsjd0QHIssT5CA#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Virtuality+Dactyl+Nightmare&oq=Virtuality+Dactyl+Nightmare&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=22705l34921l0l37625l19l19l1l16l17l0l176l265l1.1l2l0&gs_l=img.3...22705l34921l0l37625l19l19l1l16l17l0l176l265l1j1l2l0.frgbld.&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=309300a28e56f2ec&biw=1680&bih=916-
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Ah, it sounds like its for a virtual retinal display http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display . from the patent " The device of claim 19, wherein the laser, the dilation optics, and the redirection optics are coupled in a first projector configured to provide the virtual display image to a first eye of the wearer; wherein the device comprises a second projector configured to provide a virtual display image to a second eye of the wearer." http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220120062850%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20120062850&RS=DN/20120062850
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