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SparseLightAR / VR hack might make Microsoft's HoloLens less disappointing

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Paul Miller, Apr 26, 2016.

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    "What if you stuff a bunch of LEDs around the eyeballs?" asked scientists. And then they answered their own question. Microsoft Research just presented a new paper, titled "Augmenting the Field-of-View of Head-Mounted Displays with Sparse Peripheral Displays" at a human-computer interaction conference. The paper studied the effect of extending a VR or AR display into the wearer's peripheral vision by simply using ultra-low-res LED lights to "extend" a scene. Humans have a lower "resolution" in their peripheral vision, and the LEDs can let you fake a 190 degree field of view — drastically better than Microsoft's much-derided HoloLens, or even the Oculus Rift.

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