VRD's advantages

Virtual retinal display offers tons of potential advantages in many fields. For example, researches have found that it is possible, through VRD, to send images directly to the optical nerve, so people who have had their retina damaged and could barely see could now be able to watch television or a movie with such a technology! As stated on the ''Virtual medical worlds'' website : ''The VRD-based system bypasses the lensing system and directly stimulates individual retinal neurons.'' (The link is stated below)

Other advantages include low power consumption, safe to use, and a higher image quality than LCD's screens. The most attractive advantages to businesses, athough would be possibility to work on multiple files while still having the background in sight. No need to look for that paper where you noted the customers requirements. All the informations are available in one sight. The development of interactive displays would also help a lot. The lightness of the device and its small size makes it ideal to use as a wearable technology.

Finally, VRD offers great advantages to the coutry's governmental sectors, such as the army, the navy and the rescue services. Indeed, virtual retinal displays allows to recover important information while driving vehicles. This hand-free advantage is crucial to these people since they often need to react in a short amount of time. Having the information they need in front of them while still keeping the background in sight is, therefore, a valuable asset.

In conclusion, there are plenty of other fields that could use virtual retinal displays since this technology replaces or improve a lots of other devices which are used everyday.

Sources:

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751b_99_winter/projects/gromit/tdh/hw3/virtual_retinal_display.html

http://www.futurist.com/archives/science-and-technology/retinal-scanning-reversed/

http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/p-95-12/