Yahoo recently filed a patent for “Reconfiguring Reality Using A Reality Overlay Device.” U.S. Patent Application No. 20100103075 describes a device worn that displays both virtual and physical things.
Any virtual images would overlay on what is there in real life. An interesting twist allows for the environment to affect what is displayed, or as it is described, “information related to an environment proximate to the wearable device is determined.”
Possible uses for the device include pilot simulations, virtual worlds and Wii-type games. The device could also be complementary to another Yahoo patent from last year for virtual billboards, where wearers of the glasses might see advertising when they have the glasses.
Source: MediaPost
