Real 4k disks - what do you think the rollout timeline will be?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by vargo

An augmented reality system does not need to shut the user off from the world. It superimposes images on your normal view - hence the term augmented reality.

Think google glass form-factor (ie geeky looking glasses) but with a different display technology.

The Oculus Rift demo above was an example of virtual reality (VR not AR) and I specifically stated that. But imagine something similar, with just the screen, placed exactly onto your wall at whatever size was appropriate, and all the surroundings are just your room as viewed normally. That is the concept of a virtual television in AR. I should have explained it beforehand but I assumed everybody posting in a technology section would be familiar with the concept.

don't get me wrong, I get what you are saying, what you are missing is that it is ridiculously dumb and does not make any sense. As a consumer black out glasses make sense for private use, I can be in a plane/train/bus or any other public & noisy place and all I see and hear is my film. On the other hand see through glasses are useless, if I need a white or black wall or screen to define the "screen area" as you described why would I rather add to that many pairs of glasses that need to be charged and functioning instead of one projector? I was POed and skipped on OZ because Disney decided that in NA it will be either 3D only or 2D only and I did not want 3D versions of 3D films but I don't want to buy countless 3D glasses so I need the 2D. If I (and others) am not willing to buy extra 3D glasses so that everyone in my HT can watch a given film in 3D, why would I do that with AR glasses that will most likely be much more expensive. Do you think Joe that desides that 300$ TV is good enough for all his family to watch together will instead decide to buy several AR glasses (each one as expensive if not more than the TV) to do the same job?

You took something simple (a bunch of people sitting together watching something)and tried to solve a problem that does not exist by introducing bad tech that makes it a lot more complicated and a lot more expensive with a result that will be a lot more questionable. But you can't get why people think it is ridiculously dumb to assume that is the future.