Patent ID: 8362972

Claim:
A monocular head-mounted display comprising: a display unit which displays video; a wearing unit which includes a pair of headphones and a connection unit, the pair of headphones supplying a sound, the connection unit connecting the pair of headphones; and a support unit which is attached while being turnable with respect to one of the headphones, the display unit being attached at a leading end of the support unit, and a position detector, wherein the support unit can be turned in a direction of a head vertex portion in a wearing state with respect to one side of the wearing unit used to wear the head-mounted display, in which the display unit is supported by the support unit while the headphones are connected by the connection unit, on the head, and the head-mounted display can be used while switched between right-eye use and left-eye use by turning the support unit and by interchanging the right and left headphones with each other, and wherein the position detector detects a position of the support unit with respect to said one of the headphones and the head-mounted display has an indicating device which is provided on said one of the headphones to indicate whether the head-mounted display is used for the right eye or the left eye based on an output of the position detector.