<s>
A	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
retinal	I-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
(	O
VRD	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
retinal	O
scan	O
display	O
(	O
RSD	O
)	O
or	O
retinal	B-General_Concept
projector	I-General_Concept
(	O
RP	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
display	O
technology	O
that	O
draws	O
a	O
raster	B-Algorithm
display	O
(	O
like	O
a	O
television	O
)	O
directly	O
onto	O
the	O
retina	O
of	O
the	O
eye	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
is	O
a	O
high-resolution	O
screenless	B-General_Concept
display	O
with	O
excellent	O
color	O
gamut	O
and	O
brightness	O
,	O
far	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
best	O
television	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
research	O
into	O
VRDs	O
to	O
date	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
various	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
wearable	B-Operating_System
computer	I-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
MicroVision	O
's	O
early	O
development	O
work	O
was	O
financed	O
by	O
US	O
government	O
defense	O
contracts	O
and	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
prototype	O
head-mounted	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
called	O
Nomad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
Vaunt	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
smart	B-General_Concept
glasses	I-General_Concept
that	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
appear	O
like	O
conventional	O
glasses	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
retinal	B-General_Concept
projection	I-General_Concept
via	O
a	O
vertical-cavity	O
surface-emitting	O
laser	O
and	O
holographic	B-Algorithm
grating	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
