Problem: Wearer of the veil will have their face obscured by an outward facing screen
Solution: Provide an MR-enabled immersive view on a high-refresh/hi-resolution screen
Approach: Hi-res/hi-refresh screens are very expensive and may require specialized compute to run at peak performance. Turns out that I have an integrated high-quality screen/compute in my… pocket! Many low cost VR systems use a smartphone as CPU/Display, so why not for Veil?
Challenge: Significantly increases bulk on the front of the Veil (bad). Also its a mobile phone from Google which violates many of the precepts of the project (surviellance capitalism, platform, state surveillance tool, highly trackable).
Commentary: The Pixel 7 Pro is a good compromise for prototyping (Android has great development experience) but looking to switch to a screen-only hardware solution for launch. Pixel 7 Pro does have other advantages as well as it could provide most of the compute (except external display image) for the entire project as well.