Sony HMZ-T1 VR Headset

[phoenix1963]

I was professionally interested in VR headsets about 15 years ago for visualisation.

What has killed the technology until now is the issue of eyestrain.

Basically, if your binocular vision tells you an object is 10 feet away, then your eyes will hunt for focus at that distance, but most VR headsets are either at a fixed distance, or have optics that put it at infinity.

Sorry to pour cold water, maybe they have tested it enough to know eyestrain no longer matters. Look forward to hearing how it goes.

56RAF_phoenix

Originally Posted by recoilfx

I was wondering about the same thing until i realized that slim display techs just recently became mainstream. The very first hurdle was to get regular lcd production up. Then came the big screen TVS. Finally with the advent with retina display cell phone screens, manufactures finally can produce VR headsets at an 'economical' level.

So yeah, the tech was there, but the cost of tooling required cost too much. Look at Apple, they finally cracked it with their retina display, but even then, the manufactures are experiencing heavy delays with a retina ipad display 10" screens.