6x wider view possible: Kyushu's VR chair needs no headset
Kyushu University researchers use a mirror plate and a chair-mounted display to give each eye its own image. No headset is worn.
Most VR needs a headset on your face. This chair uses special mirrors to show each eye its own picture instead, so you wear nothing. It is only a demo with a small view, so it is not something you can buy.
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Louder than it deserves. The real change is smaller.
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Why it matters
Headsets can be heavy and tiring. This is a different idea, but the view is small and it is a research demo shown at SIGGRAPH.
Watch: VR without wearing anything on your face.
The details
- Shogo Fukushima's team at Kyushu University built it; shown at SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies '26.
- A micromirror plate and aerial imaging optics send a different image to each eye for a 3D effect.
- A gyroscope tracks head turns and updates the view.
- Field of view could grow up to 6x with more mirrors.
- Only head rotation was tested, and the mirror plate needs very bright displays.
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