Writing for the FT’s New Technology Policy Forum, Columbia University professor Eli Noam foresees a future in which a mobile device will be not just an undersized screen, but as an extraordinarily powerful connection point to a new style of video media.

Images will be projected through light video glasses and heads-up displays using microlaser projectors embedded in the temples of eyeglasses, and known as personal media viewers, which enables sharper and multi-dimensional images while maintaining sight lines to the real world. Read more