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I contacted Bosch in 2020 about buying BML500P retinal projectors in bulk, but they postponed the sale for several months because they were in talks with a major undisclosed customer about potentially exclusive rights to the patent. I never heard back.
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Ominous…!
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"TDK demonstrates the world’s first direct retinal projection display for smart glasses using a meta-optic mirror". The qualifier is different. "using a meta-optic mirror" versus "using oscillating mirrors"

I appreciate your comment on the history.

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lol, qualified claims are funny.

I remember reading that Sunnyvale CA was the safest city in the US!

I looked at wikipedia, and they say that too.

> Sunnyvale has consistently ranked as one of the safest ten cities (for cities of similar size) in the United States according to the FBI's crime reports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyvale,_California#Crime

also: "According to Sunnyvale's Department of Public Safety, confirmed gang members make up less than one percent of the population"

With the qualifiers, is it actually safe there? :)

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The lens seems pretty similiar to PinTILT, who embed miniature reflectors in the lens - there's a nice whitepaper available by email on their site.

* https://letinar.com/en/pintilt

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I saw a demo retinal dispaly at the university of washington in the late 90s.
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At the HITlab?

I interviewed Dan Bricklin in '88 or '89 (for a magazine). Trippy dude. Lots of ideas.

Bricklin stated the optic nerve is exposed brain. So that when a laser projects an imagine directly on to the retina, it's like programming the brain.

Nope.

I decided right then and there I never needed a laser pointing at my eye ball.

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Don't forget the Sony DSC-HX99 retinal projection camera kit, built with QD Laser. They had a custom RETISSA NEOVIEWER commissioned for the camera to allow for low-vision users to leverage it for photography.

Sadly no longer available. I've seen through one and it was vividly clear and detailed without my glasses on at all and it felt so gamechanging to have that kind of display technology in my hands.

https://electronics.sony.com/imaging/compact-cameras/all-vlo...

It's now transformed though, into the RETISSA VIEWCLEAR for your phone - https://retissa-vc.qdlaser.com/en/

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Always regretted not getting one of those cameras when they were available.
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