One of the disappointing things about living in this sci fi future is that nobody wants a heads-up display. They're annoying with basically no upside in most contexts, but when I was a kid I always imagined needing data readouts or whatever.
@ZachWeinersmith Had a bike helmet once with a rearview mirror periscope, a curved bar just above eye level. So looking ahead, you could always see behind you. After a few days, that gets internalized and if you put on a regular helmet, it feels really weird, like you're missing part of your field of vision.
@ZachWeinersmith I have a clock that projects the time in dim red numbers on the ceiling. It might be the perfect bedroom clock, as it emits no unpleasant colors.
@ZachWeinersmith The way people walk or drive around staring at their phones makes me think we did implement heads up displays , just in the worst way possible.
@ZachWeinersmith I wrote them into some stories at one point & in the process of trying to think through how to describe them, decided they were not a very good idea.
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