[kguttag]

As others have said, that is probably not the best use of Tilt-5's technology. No matter how you move your head, it is still 1280x768 pixels spread over 110 degrees.

Doing a little math, that is only about 13 pixels per degree or 4.5 arcminute/pixel. Typical VR headsets are about 30 pixels/degree (2-arcminutes per pixel. For optical text reading like with a computer monitor, I consider 40 pixels/degree (1.5arcminutes/pixel) the bare minimum.

There is also some scintillation from the beaded screen. Not terrible, but enough that it would not be good for text. So even if the resolution was higher (which is possible with this technology), I'm still not sure it would be good as a computer monitor.

The case where it works best seems to be in "tabletop" applications, and it behaves best when the viewer is about 45 degrees to the surface. Business and military applications for things such as "sand tables" also fit this model.

[vanderZwan]

Thank you for clarifying. And nice article! I had missed Tilt-5 and its predecessors completely so this was a very nice introduction