Is that how you'll see the image? Doubled? And won't this backlit display have a negative impact on your eyesight in the long term, being so close and all?
The image you see on the monitor is doubled and distorted to work with the LEEP optics in the headset. Each eye only sees the image for that eye and the optics focus the light so it appears to come from infinity, not inches from your eyes.
, so there shouldn't be any eye strain.
I don't know about the effects of the backlight, but there are lenses in-between your eyes and the actual display surface which allow your eyes to focus at infinity. So it isn't as if it forces your eyes to strain to focus at something an inch or so away. I think its pretty safe to say that they're not pouring millions of dollars into R&D for a system that gives you double vision and eye strain :)