On 7/2/2011 7:34 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
I could in principle imagine all that coming in the future, but the "monitor == shades" thing is just only Fi with no Sci in it. A human eye cannot focus properly on any object which is closer to the eye than 10-15 cm (depending on the eye quality), so there is absolutely no way one can use shades or contact lenses or something similar as a monitor, regardless of technological levels of any human or alien races (James Bond notwithstanding). Unless of course one surgically adapts the eye lense itself, in which case the person would not be able to see anything else... ;-)
Hmm...something like this perhaps?
http://www.i-glassesstore.com/i-3d.html
Still a bit bulky and expensive, but not impossible. These apparently use a lens of some sort to allow the eye to focus at 5' while wearing them. I had the chance to play with a pair of these 10 years ago. At that time, the resolution sucked and they were about 1.5" thick. They had built-in motion tracking. Playing Descent with those things was a blast! :)