Personal imaging, a conceptual framework around this simple apparatus, is first presented as a new research area, and then applications to the visual arts, and to personal documentary, are presented. Copyright on this material is held by the authors.
Image is frozen for near-perfect registration.
The modular nature of the system allowed portions to be left out or included, depending on the occasion. With the advent of miniature CRTs in the late 1980s, a comfortable eyeglass-based system became practical. To make use simple, and to keep the soldier focused on the task at hand, the only input is a knob and pushbutton, so that menu items from a specific program may be selected. Message left on the flat wall of department store entrance remains dormant until recipient of message happens to look at wall. The act of looking, being mediated by the apparatus, enables the message to appear as an illusory planar patch.