Smart glasses are the official death of displays and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray?!

[BijouMan]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

I think smart glasses can have their place in this world: having a pop up "Joe is calling"; arrows painted on the street to show you directions....Do I think they will replace every display? No.

As for what does it mean for smart phones? Maybe nothing much, at least for the time being they will be like a smart watch or a bluetooth headset, an add on that is better then the default in some ways.

As for physical media? why would it mean anything? physical media is a content distribution method smart glasses are a display method. I can choose to watch my Bds on my TV or my Projector, I can choose to watch on either of them my UHD BDs ,, BDs DVDs, VHS....... Why do you assume you will be able to send a signal many miles from the server to the glasses but you won't be able to do the same from a player a few feet away?

Because in order to play discs through the glasses, you would need an HDCP-compliant method of sending full-bitrate video and audio wirelessly to the glasses and headphones that can both replicate the surround effect and decode PCM/Dolby TrueHD (with Atmos data)/DTS-HD Master Audio (with DTS:X data). Maybe the player could do this over your home network?!