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It's a great start at a young age, congratulations and all the best!

I'm not into VR, but can this setup be used to create a 'Wearable low latency display for computers'[1] i.e a wired video headset? None of the current video headsets seem to work well according to the reviews be it $800 Ziess Cinemizer or $200 Avegant Glyph.

[1]https://needgap.com/problems/16-wearable-low-latency-display...

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A typical Apple "Retina" display has 57 pixels/degree[0], held at ~10 inches. VR screens are roughly similar resolution but held far closer to the eye, so pixels/degree is proportionately less. All this mean that we'll need dramatic increases in display resolution before it's pleasant to read text in VR for long periods of time.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_display

I think a 'video headset' doesn't try to such a wide angle as a 'VR headset.' I would really like one for programming on, as it's more portable than a big screen.

There's a good one coming out soon, the Cinera Edge Elite.

https://www.cinera.net

It's a KickStarter, so I guess "coming out soon" is pretty speculative, but that's the link for it.

Interestingly, I googled this and the permalink to this comment was actually the top result, 1 hour after the comment was made.

It's aimed at watching movies, running android likely for the support of streaming apps; What I want is a computer monitor on my eyes and so this either underperforms for that need or is an overkill.

OP project may in fact solve this, I need to look deeper into the tech.

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