Samsung may develop foldable augmented reality glasses
While the final product could end up being vastly different, the current design is an eyepiece that automatically switches on whenever it's unfolded.
So long as one of the pair's temples is unfolded, the glasses' projector (mounted on the temple) would beam images on the small display placed over the wearer's field of view. To make sure the device doesn't accidentally switch off if the user turns their head wrong, it looks like the company is thinking of using magnetic sensors to make sure it remains in the unfolded position until the wearer deliberately folds it.
Since it's just a patent application that may never come to fruition,
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