Thursday, June 11, 2015

Virtual Reality—Is it going to last? (part 4)


A VR headset is essentially your own private movie theatre. TV's have tried to accommodate the desires of multiple viewers simultaneously by using in-screen viewing of other channels simultaneously, where one person can hear the audio from the TV and watch a favorite channel while another can plug in a set of earphones and watch his own section of the screen (open in a smaller window) for his channel. There are even TV's that project two, full-screen channels at once--one is visible to the naked eye, while another can be viewed on the same screen by someone wearing a pair of special glasses to filter out the other channel. With VR headsets, an entire family can all sit together and watch their own shows. Though again, don't we already do this anyway with all of our tablets, smartphones, and laptops?

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