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Neat, but hardly a world first (the original title said "...the world’s first direct retinal projection display...")

I first read about direct retinal projection displays (using oscillating mirrors no less) in Mondo 2000 [^1]

Hard to find much on the "Private Eye" hardware as I guess Reflection Technology (the manufacturer) went outta business in the mid 90's

But a 700x280 display painted onto your retina that looked like a full-ish size display hovering in space nonetheless, and downright epic for 1989

[^1]: <a href="https://microship.com/winnelife-interview-with-steve-roberts-mondo-2000/" rel="nofollow">https://microship.com/winnelife-interview-with-steve-roberts...

For the curious, a bit more info and some pics on these sites

<a href="https://glassdevelopment.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/hmd-history-and-objectives-of-inventions/" rel="nofollow">https://glassdevelopment.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/hmd-histor...

<a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/reflection-technology-private-eye-display/QgFnZtDAdVz0CQ?hl=en&avm=4" rel="nofollow">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/reflection-technolog...